Hi peeps
I work full-time for a small-ish branch in sales. In the past I covered for another team member who has been taking the piss taking many odd days off sick so it came as no surprise when he handed in his resignation. However recently I put my foot down and refused to cover for him anymore, as my role has been getting busier and busier (business is going well :D) and it is a waste of my time to cover his admin load, which to be honest anyone could do. Noone yet has mentioned how we'll cover for him permanently.
Manager is doing nothing to recruit for the vacant position and hasn't even mentioned getting a temp in.
I just know he's going to tell ask me to step in - which would be a bad business move and I already work overtime for free in my role as it is. And as a manager on an extremely short fuse, I can just imagine the fireworks if I flat out say no...he'll say something along the lines of we all have to chip in and cover it off but I've been doing that for over a year now and I can see it's not been beneficial (besides noone would cover for my role if I was sick!)
I'm considering calling HR and telling them I can't increase my workload for no pay - and I'd rather not do it at all. Surely they aren't losing out by hiring a new person, who would then just take the old employee's salary?
Need help on how to handle this one :)