I started a new job about 6 weeks ago in a new industry but same field and I’m struggling so so much. The work load is so intense that I feel extremely overwhelmed, my line manager has never managed anyone before so I guess she doesn’t have the experience with having someone to work with in that sense. I am being thrown requests minute by minute and am drowning. I am feeling miserable. It’s a very small team so no one to fall back on in terms of asking others to pick up things. My manager is going away soon for a few weeks and I will also be given her workload. I feel so incompetent. I still make mistakes as I’m new to the job and I feel like I’ve made a horrible desicion in taking the job.
I have felt so low ever since I closed my laptop on Friday and haven’t been able to enjoy any of the weekend as I am constantly thinking about what the week will entail and how I will cope. I feel sick and I have been in tears all day, I am dreading tomorrow.
I don’t really know what I’m doing posting this but I suppose a bit of a hand hold, I just feel so low. The job market is so bleak that even looking on indeed isn’t giving me any hope. I feel pathetic writing this but here I am