Overworked - what can I do?

[Badgerandfox227]

Would love to get some advice on my work situation, especially off any HR people on here.

Ive been at a company for a couple of years now, and was offered a promotion in the summer, with my previous job role reporting into me and another role yet to be recruited for.

The company has so far not posted the 2 other roles that are reporting into me, but the work has to be done, plus my actual new role. So at this point I’m literally nearing a breakdown. I can’t physically do all these three roles, particularly not well. I’ve been strung along in terms of when the roles will be recruited for but the post keeps moving…

I feel stuck because I’ve raised this several times. I feel it won’t look good on me if I tell them I’m just not doing it anymore - I’m in a senior position. I had wondered about making a complaint? But then feel that will negatively impact me. What can I do?

@Badgerandfox227 give yourself permission to not be so emotionally invested.

Think about it. Why would they rush to recruit when you are there willing to do the work anyway?

Request a formal sit down with HR and your line manager and tell them the workload is too much and you need help. Let them fob you off.

Then, you pull back. Let things slide or take longer. Emails dont get answered. Admin falls to the wayside. You stick to your core role only and fire off the odd SOS email to your line manager.

You ask every morning what your Line Manager wants priorities and you do only that.

You need to let those spinning plates fall. Only then will you actually get help.

If you've already raised it then you need to stop doing it all. All you are doing is masking the problem and making yourself sick.

I had the same issue. A colleague left and another took her place who did absolutely nothing. I covered mine and her role on the understanding that she would be dealt with and they would get someone else to help me. I worked myself into ill health and they did neither. What they did do was move me and keep her! There are now several more colleagues doing the job I did with lots more doing overtime. What I should have done was stop. It probably would have resulting in the same outcome.