Too much work

[MariaHairy]

I work on a part time role. I have been with my company for 2.5 years. Since then my workload has doubled and I am just not managing it anymore. I have to work overtime (unpaid and cannot be taken back) to meet deadline and finish things. I earn £11/h in case someone thinks I am in some kind of important and we'll paid role..

I have written and spoken to my line manager and HR this week telling him that the workload far exceeds what I can do (I work part time only) and that my stress levels are through the roof but was told to just get on with things and just get it done
and that it is unlikely that the company will employ anyone else due to cost (it is a blue chip company with 30k employees worldwide and not a small local business). I am just so stressed and cannot sleep. I am WFH a lot due to covid so manage to do 2h extra daily as I am not commuting but it's not really sustainable. I am also a lone parents and carer of a child with complex needs.

No idea what I am asking .what should I do? I am not in a union.

I cannot afford to resign. I have a mortgage and carers allowance and DLA and a bit of UC is just not enough esp for the mortgage.

are there some other steps I should or could take to address the issue? Grievance? I am really clueless.

Something I’ve found really useful is qualifying how much time is required for each task. And compare that to your normal working hours.

Once I could show them in a really clear way that I had 100 hours of work that they wanted to be done in my 37.5 hour week they were able to understand how busy I was and why I had to let some things slide.

Might help to quantify it

@MariaHairy

But you need to be making suggestions of how to improve the situation.

I don't think this is my job. The business increased and as I said all other departments have had staff doubled (one team went from 3 to 8). It's very obvious that we are understaffed and recruiting is the only way forward. but they don't want to do that. Our team does a combined 8-12h overtime daily. It's simple maths.

I have a very 'lean' approach to work. I cut all the BS so to speak. I don't spent time on non essential. I haven't attended weekly meetings for weeks now (my manager knows that I don't have time and is ok with this). I don't faff around. I just crack on with work. it is simply too much.

If you make a flexible working request, the onus is on you showing how it could work based on the 8 factors it can be refused due to.

Please join a union and use them once the waiting period is over.

if you make a flexible working request, the onus is on you showing how it could work based on the 8 factors it can be refused due to.

but I work part time. my contacted hours are pe se perfect. I just don't cope with the amount of overtime I have to do on a daily basis. I don't want to change my hours. I just want to work the hours I am paid for if that makes sense. I don't need flexible working. I need to to have to do 2h overtime on a regular basis. Not sure how a flexible working request would sort that?

Please join a union and use them once the waiting period is over.

I already work only part time and I am the line parent of a disabled child. I budget every pound. Unison (that's where quite a few colleagues are) would be £14/months. that is too much. I understand some people my find that shirt sighted but I cannot afford that. I will contact ACAS in Jan. They are free.

@Edyta22 try starting a new thread with your question it gets lost in a post about other stuff good luck

yes your employer is not holding their end of the contract they say they want you to work x hours for x amount in the contract they are now saying they want you to work more hours than your contract which you didnt agree to and not be paid for them which you really didnt agree to.

The contract says: "your salary will be £8.50 power hour based on annualised hours payable in equal monthly installments. Your salary will be reviewed annually. You will receive a monthly salary based on an average working week of 37.5 hours per week. Please note that if you leave the organisation in months where you have worked fewer hours than the contractual hours for which you have been paid, a deduction will be made from your final salary to cover any shortfall of hours worked versus those paid".
Now, is this a discrimination if they change my working pattern and ask to work of 37.5 hrs a week instead of 30hrs just as everyone else. They explain I need to do it in order to keep my salary the same and it's because I will go on maternity in July. And I will not have enough time to work off my salaried hours. Is this not different treating only because of my pregnancy?