Dearest MN,
Hoping you can help me,
I was made redundant last year, struggled to find a new job that was of any interest, so decided to go for a job that paid much less that before, with fewer responsibilities to take the pressure off while I plan my next move…
Initially enjoyed the long lunchbreaks and slower pace but all of a sudden I’ve got loads of work, the company lacks clear processes/organisation across all teams, so there’s a lot of confusion-also can see my manager is swamped so don’t want to be overloading him with feedback/questions.
Previous roles have been in project development & management & although I was glad to step away from that I feel like I’m struggling to keep on top of things as there’s so little guidance & I miss the organising!
I got so stressed today as nobody knew the answers to my questions and then had someone 20 years younger than me telling me to do something differently (not the right info) and thought I might explode. Perhaps juggling of my children and other responsibilities is making it even more stressful over the summer hols, but I just want to get out of there now… I’m feeling overwhelmed as hell (it’s only been 8 weeks) - would you look for a new job so soon?