Think I’m being taken advantage of at work - look for a new job?

[tireddrained1]

I’ve posted previously, i am a healthcare worker in a private company.

I am tired and miserable.

I am the only full time worker, my boss works 2.5 days a week. I am seeing 4 or 5 clients each day.

A number of things are really getting on top of me:

• I have conducted assessments on Thursday and Friday afternoon, I need to write reports but because I have 4/5 clients a day I have no time to do this. My boss says I need to block time out, but also pressures me into seeing as many clients as I can. My backlog is huge, I’m working at home to catch-up, I never feel like the day is long enough
• I get to work around half an hour early every day. This is never remarked on or I’m never thanked. But if I leave 5 mins early, I’m in trouble.
• She told me I’d never have more than 5 clients a day but she’s booked a 6th one in for me
• Every single new referral that comes through is booked in with me. I asked for one favour for her to take one on but she said she’s too busy in her personal life.
• We have someone on work experience, without consulting me in advance she told her she will be shadowing all my sessions.
• She told me I need to communicate when I am struggling, but when I said I am overwhelmed she said I need to be more resilient.
• I asked to go on a course, worth around £50. But she said we can’t afford it. My requests keep being ignored. But then, she’s gone on a course, buying new equipment and is now advertising for a new role.
• I’m being paid for a healthcare role but also between all this have to answer the phones, take new enquiries, do my invoices, send over payment and even chase up people who haven’t paid. No mention of a pay rise for these things.
• She has uni students, but she goes home and leaves them with me for the majority of the week.

I don’t know if I’m just being silly but I feel so burnt out. Is this all normal? I’m considering looking for a new job but I’m unsure if it’s just me.

Start looking for another job as soon as possible. She is exploiting you and by the sounds of it the stress and over work will end up making you ill.
if it’s that bad, you could get signed off

Look for another job where your valued as a whole person and not just another employee.
There's plenty jobs in healthcare. Oh and when you get another job and you're leaving tell them it's because the workload is unreasonable.

Good luck

Thanks guys. I didn’t know if I was just being dramatic!

If you’ve explained your struggling and there has been no attempt to support you it’s time to start looking for a new role. Your health is important too and if you are feeling burnt out please take the time off you need to recover.

I think you need to be more proactive: tell your manager that you don't have time to do A, B, C, X and Y so what would she like you to prioritise? You think it's possible to do say A,B and Y so who can take on the other tasks?
If the answer is still that you're doing it all then time to start looking for another post

You're not being dramatic at all, OP, your manager is taking the piss.

Healthcare staff are in really short supply, I'd start looking for something else.

I’ve just found out she’s hiring again, after not even mentioning a pay review that she promised me, and saying we had no money to even send me on a course.
She didn’t even tell me about this.
And, she’s offering a higher salary….