Had a bit of an anxiety/mental breakdown with just under a week off work, plus a planned holiday, which has buffered the sickness count at work thankfully! All in u have had two weeks off.
I have decided on my break that when I go back tomorrow, that I am going to ask to do 3 days instead of 5 for a few months then gradually build it back up to full time over the year.
I am really struggling with my mental health, and have been for some time, I have been coping by basically sleeping all weekend every few weeks.
It’s now getting to nearly every weekend when I just can’t get out of bed, and I sorely miss being a mum and a partner.
My OH is supportive, even though I am the breadwinner, I just think at 29 almost 30 I have plenty of time to build my career. I am earning 55k and honestly wouldn’t miss the difference, my savings would, which make me anxious as they are at the bottom of the scale after paying for a new car and a couple of holidays in the last 12 months. I hate not having enough for emergencies, we would get by with our current outgoings on this.
I have just 16 days until my next holiday and between have some broken up weeks, so would like to start after I get back from holiday on the 3 days.
Work know I have been having some recent mental health problems, but my job is pretty full on, a mixture of project, supplier, and operations management in a very niche sector of the financial services. They wouldn’t be able to get me a job share so would they have to take the hit.
Any tips on how to broach this?
I also usually work 40-60 hours depending on what’s going on, despite being salaried for 37, but obviously get paid a lot, and my fear is that I would just be working on my days off for free anyway (I am known to work on holidays) just to keep up. So advice from people in high pressured jobs who work part time that can say NO, would be great!
Thanks for reading my long post xx