[InTheShadows]

Hi All,

I love my job, but it is so stressful. Many days I don't want to go. I used to go in at 8am but now I am pushing it back to 9 am. Nobody sets my schedule, so it seems that nobody cares. They don't want me to get overtime, yet they pile so much work on my desk it's impossible not to do overtime.

The main trigger for me is that nobody tells me the rules until after I've broken them. It makes me feel so bad and triggers childhood stuff. I went off on the corporate accountant last week due to this. She asked me why we have more cash on property than we're supposed to and asked where form x was. I've never seen or used form x. And, there has been an excess of cash on the property since I started. This is accountant #3 in the last 5 months and the other two didn't care there was more cash.

It's hard enough trying to manage my mental illness let alone anything else. I am trying my best to work and be successful. Everyday seems harder and harder.

Plus, my pdoc reduced my adderall by 25% and that small amount has made it damn near impossible to function as well. I'm tired a lot again, don't want to get out of bed.

Now I'm venting, so I'll stop.

Thanks for listening,

~Shady

Hi Shady, I am sorry to hear how much you are struggling. Im not sure I have any good tips but I hope you can confide in someone about this and try to find a way to make it work for you. At work I often felt like everyone has their own agenda and you have to actively fight to get what you want and deserve. To me it sounds like you are letting others take advantage of you. Something has to change or you will get burned out. There has to be someone at work you can talk to about your work load and the unreasonable expectancies. I hope it gets better for you.

[Perna]

I'd call the doctor, get another appointment and tell him the Adderall reduction isn't working.

I had some good luck with making my own schedule; studying time management and then just taking the first 5-10 minutes in the morning to make a list of what I wanted to do and/or how I wanted to do it, etc. I would not give much credence to accountant #3 in 5 other than to say, "because that's how it has been done ever since I've been here" and tell them they'd have to give you and teach you to use Form X because you've never heard of it. There's nothing shameful about ignorance! It's not like you weren't using Form X for spite or because you're lazy, etc.

[huntergirl64]

Hi

I work as an office manager in a branch office. I get phone calls from head office asking why am i doing something one way and not another? My answer to them is because this is the way it's supposed to be done and you didn't bother to tell me about the changes. I can't make the changes if head office doesn't tell me about them.

Try talking or sending an email to your boss telling him you weren't aware of this form, how can you do your job properly if changes are made and not communicated.

I hope this helps.