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Given too much to do in work

  • 23-04-2011 10:43am
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    Its only saturday and I am already stressing out with the amount of work I have to do next tuesday when I go back to work, I have mentioned it to my supervisor and they said theres nothing they can do and just try and get as much done as you can, of course I know I am going to have to stay longer then scheduled and I dont mind staying an extra hour or 2 but Im going to have to stay an extra 5 or 6 hours because what ever doesnt get done will have to be put on top of the next days schedule which is also overloaded and saying all that the company doesnt actually want people doing any overtime


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  • #2
    MitchKoobski
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    Whats the situation for the rest of the workplace?

    If they're being given just as much work then maybe it is a matter of just get as much as you can done like he said.


  • #3
    Firetrap
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    Don't make yourself into a martyr over work. You have told your supervisor that you can't get it all done and they've said for you to do what you can. So do just that and leave the rest aside until the next day. It's not your fault that the company doesn't want people doing overtime or isn't employing enough staff. All that will happen if you bust yourself doing that extra work is that it will happen again. Nobody is indispensable and don't let yourself fall into that trap


  • #4
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    work issue wrote: »
    Its only saturday and I am already stressing out with the amount of work I have to do next tuesday when I go back to work, I have mentioned it to my supervisor and they said theres nothing they can do and just try and get as much done as you can,

    There you are then. He said just get as much done as you can. They know you have too much work, they don't expect you to get it all done. Although they will NEVER admit that to you, do don't bother expecting them to acknowledge it. You do know if you get it all done for them, they will view this as the new normal and heap even more on you.

    You having too much work is the companies problem not yours. What you do is (always put these things is writing btw and get the answer in writing too to protect yourself in disputes later) send an email daily explaining that you can do either x or y. Ask them which is priority.

    There will always be more work than can be done in most companies. Sintuation normal there.
    work issue wrote: »
    of course I know I am going to have to stay longer then scheduled

    What? No, no you don't. It's not your problem. If you start being the gilly staying late unpaid that will become expected and you'll have no-one to blame but yourself.
    work issue wrote: »
    and I dont mind staying an extra hour or 2 but Im going to have to stay an extra 5 or 6 hours because what ever doesnt get done will have to be put on top of the next days schedule which is also overloaded and saying all that the company doesnt actually want people doing any overtime

    So there you go, the company doesn't want people doing overtime. So don't do it. Work is a paid exchange. You do work for money. If they can't pay you the overtime money then no deal.

    A lot of companies will try to exploit naive young people like you. The young person will be so concsienscious and worried that it will reflect badly on them if they don't do the impossible that they do it day after day, thinking they will sooner or later be recognised and promoted.

    It doesn't work like that. The bosses secretly see these people as free labour and will use them until they are worn out husks at 40. BTW, at promotion time people like you will be overlooked because you will have made yourself a perfect slave and who wants to lose a handy slave from the Department.

    You need to wise up. Go in and do the work/hours contracted. Make it routine discourse to ask what needs to be prioritised and do that. When that's finished do the next thing. But for Gods sake don't imagine you will get everything done and done perfectly. It doesn't work like that, and neither should you.


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