I've recently started a new job where the company is flailing financially, having worked there for a few months now I’ve realised the MD is totally out of his depth, making knee jerk irrational decisions. He doesn't manage the company at all and just leaves it to run itself. Some of the sales staff make mistakes that are costing the company money and I’m finding that I’m having to spend so much of my time trying to resolve them as there’s no one else that can, ultimately these mistakes are costing the company money that it can ill afford to lose.
The owners of the company are well aware that there are serious issues and have brought in an external consultant to oversee things and report back to them, even he is despairing of the situation and i am certainly beginning to pull my hair out with the frustrating situation that I now find myself in. I no longer know whether to stay or leave but what I am sure of is that it certainly has the potential to become an amazing job and a very successful company.
I’ve been asked to change procedures and roll out a new software system that the whole company will use whilst working part time hours, all this whilst carrying out my own daily workload. It’s an impossible ask and I’m starting to feel very anxious about the role now. All I wanted was a part time role and to be a part of the team.
What would be the best way to deal with the situation that I’m in? Should I stay or just leave and start looking for another position elsewhere? I’m even starting to feel that other staff members may be a little bit resentful of me because I’m being asked to report any issues to the MD and consultant and I feel I’m stuck in the middle of all the building resentment, which is making me feel uncomfortable as everyone that I work with are nice and obviously very worried.
Any suggestions or advice would be really appreciated as to what I can do to improve things for both myself and hopefully my work colleagues too.