Work Advice

[porridgebear]

I enjoy my job and I have nice line managers that I get on well with. I also like working at the organisation for various reasons.

The problem is that my role has developed since I started. I am struggling to keep up with the workload with part time hours.

I can't seem to get my line manager to understand this. I have given her a list of the extra tasks I now do. I don't know why it is so difficult to give me a few more hours a week although they have a tight budget.

I've been doing overtime and I get to the point where I am exhausted.

Any suggestions?

I’ve been in a similar situation as you, I had various meetings, sent emails etc and nothing changed so I simply stopped trying to fit all the work into the hours. I stopped stressing myself out, I did what I could in the hours I worked and the rest had to wait until the next day. Yes I got behind on my work, which eventually got noticed and when my manager brought it up, I referred back to the numerous conversations and emails we’d had about it previously. Eventually they got the message and some of my tasks were delegated to someone else. My biggest advice is to make sure you’ve got your concerns in emails as evidence and then stop caring so much. You can only try your best

Stop working overtime for a start. If you don't clearly demonstrate that your workload is unimaginable they'll keep assuming you'll get it done. Every day, or once a week email your manager to let them know what you won't, or didn't, get time to do that week. Or ask them to prioritise what you should do/drop.

It is not so easy to hand over my work to someone else. It involves telling them what to do and then I may as well do it myself.

What do you do? What happens if you don't do it? Or can certain tasks be left? You need to be really proactive and persistent in contacting your manager to talk through prioritising work and being really clear that you're working to X time and can only do so much in that time.