Just looking for opinions. I'm a carer and I used to absolutely adore my job... I still do but lately I have been dreading going in... I adore the people I care for but the new management is unbearable.
I stay pretty close to work I'm part time but in the last while things have been really getting to me.
A few examples... When it was extremely heavy snow I contacted my manager (I drive) and asked if I should take Annual Leave as it was pointless coming in to drive when there was severe weather warnings in place.. Also a safety thing.. It would also save the company money. He thanked me for thinking about this... Then he contacted a staff member regarding mediation (there was plenty in stock) He asked the staff member to contact me to pick up the medication as I was Only on Annual Leave.
Another example.. one of the my colleagues was working with the person we all look after.. the g-docs needed to be contacted at 2am. I wasn't on shift till a few days later.. yet my manager told my colleague that if the person needed to be admitted to hospital that they should contact me as I would need to go along.
Each time we have training I'm expected to take all the staff members along in my own car as the training centre is miles away.
Another occasion (when I wasn't on shift) a colleague was told to contact me about something medical that they haven't been trained in so I could come in and do it.
There's lots of other times when I'm not on shift that the staff member who is on shift is told to contact me.
It's really getting to me now. I'm a Mum with hardly anyone to ask to look after my son but somehow I'm always the one asked to do everything. I'm not higher than anyone else in the company. I'm considering contacting HR but my manager is up their behinds and can be a nasty piece of work... Any ideas what I can do? It's really getting me down now