This might seem quite petty and I hadn't thought about it in this sense until a friend mentioned it while I was venting. There's a bit of a long background story to go with this so please bear with me.
The company I work for is very small; until recently it was just the MD and myself. We have recently taken on 2 new staff due to the way the business is growing, so there are now 4 of us in the office.
1 of the ladies has been with us a month. She is very inexperienced having never worked in this sector before, and never having had to work with computers. She has also been unemployed for a number of years after being made redundant from her previous role, so was out of the swing of things. It's taking her a long time to get to grips with the basics of what we actually do as a company, let alone the technicalities.
The other lady has been with us 2 weeks. Also inexperienced in the sector we are working in, but has been working in temp admin roles for the last few years, so we though she would easily pick up the data inputting side of things. She hasn't.
The MD has decided to take a holiday this week since I am due to go on maternity leave in about September, and he said it might be the last chance he gets. This means I have been left to run the business as well as continue training and keeping an eye on the new staff.
So, (and this is where it starts to get petty), I was wondering what right my boss has to do this? It is a LOT of responsibility to be running (someone elses) company by myself, let alone having to oversee 2 people who are not yet fully trained or competent in their roles.
I wasn't asked in advance of this whether I was happy to be put in this situation, and it is definitely not in my job description to be in charge of the company and staff in his absence (if it had been I would be asking for a fair bit more money than I currently get!) I have been offered no financial or social benefits for the added responsibility and pressure I have been put under.
Anyone have any advice on what I can do? Should I ask for some kind of bonus when he returns? Or a pay rise? Or should I just keep quiet and accept that he can pretty much do what he likes as it's his company?