Hi all,
So I'm 3 weeks away from mat leave and in all honesty, I have never been more stressed in my working life. I've taken 3.5 days holiday this week (using up the last of my holiday) and I've had messages and calls through on both my personal phone and work phone. Of the 3 full days off, I've worked at least an hour a day. There was a fair bit outstanding when I finished on Friday but it was all outside of my control at that point. Back in Sept time, the parent company decided to get rid of 2 colleagues who were technically self employed, and we then had another colleague leave within the same few weeks. Come December, my boss had a stroke and is not coming back for the foreseeable. Ultimately, we've gone from 7 people to just 3. I am aware that my brain isn't functioning as well as normal, but the immense amount of pressure with essentially no support is reaaallly getting to me. I have raised the fact I'm struggling, but there are the other 2 people in a similar boat. I'm genuinely considering getting a sick note for the last week or so but I know that would really screw everyone else over. I am back as of tomorrow afternoon, my anxiety is through the roof and I have a pounding headache. I don't know what to doooooo.