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I have a job I like very much, but over time my two main areas grew so much (mostly due to external reasons), that it put me into a position where I need to do

by atoav 3y ago

I have a job I like very much, but over time my two main areas grew so much (mostly due to external reasons), that it put me into a position where I need to do two full time jobs within the work hours/salary of one. I already mentioned this to my superiors a year ago and they got me an assistant. But right after I got him, we got further rooms and another department that creates more work for me than I can support even with an assistant. I work in public service/university so I understand their hands are tied somewhat, but if it goes on like that I might just quit. And they will likely not find anybody who can (or wants to) do this combination of things for the salary it pays.

_w1tm 3y ago
> I already mentioned this to my superiors a year ago and they got me an assistant. But right after I got him, we got further rooms and another department that creates more work for me than I can support even with an assistant. I work in public service/university so I understand their hands are tied somewhat, but if it goes on like that I might just quit. And they will likely not find anybody who can (or wants to) do this combination of things for the salary it pays. Why are you stretching to do that much work? If you can manage your workload, then from a managers perspective your workload is correct. It’s only when work doesn’t get finished when there is a signal that your workload is too much. Complaining about it to your manager likely won’t help. Since the most important metric (work gets done) is fine there’s no problem? Managers keep hearing from all their employees that the workload is too high and the pay is too low. Even the people you might consider lazy are asking for raises! If you’re too nice and let yourself be taken advantage of then you might end up with similar issues in the next place as well.
bomewish 3y ago
You need to generate backpressure. Or indeed find something else and bail out. At least tell them why though.

by atoav 3y ago

_w1tm 3y ago

> I already mentioned this to my superiors a year ago and they got me an assistant. But right after I got him, we got further rooms and another department that creates more work for me than I can support even with an assistant. I work in public service/university so I understand their hands are tied somewhat, but if it goes on like that I might just quit. And they will likely not find anybody who can (or wants to) do this combination of things for the salary it pays. Why are you stretching to do that much work? If you can manage your workload, then from a managers perspective your workload is correct. It’s only when work doesn’t get finished when there is a signal that your workload is too much. Complaining about it to your manager likely won’t help. Since the most important metric (work gets done) is fine there’s no problem? Managers keep hearing from all their employees that the workload is too high and the pay is too low. Even the people you might consider lazy are asking for raises! If you’re too nice and let yourself be taken advantage of then you might end up with similar issues in the next place as well.

bomewish 3y ago

You need to generate backpressure. Or indeed find something else and bail out. At least tell them why though.