Been working at an office job where attrition is followed. Therefore whenever one of 2 people take a day off I have to cover for them, one does similar tasks as me so no biggie but the other ones sorta ina different department and the work for me has been difficult to say the least. Back in November person number 2 took off for 3 days and I for the 1st time experienced what I thought was stress.
Today 2nd person couldn’t come in and I had to cover for them, while trying to do the work to the best of my abilities I found myself feeling annoyed and frustrated the urge to slam on my desk with a closed fist and began questioning how I could’ve put myself in a position like this. The worst part is I wanted to just walk away to clear my head for a bit but there was so much work to complete the best I could do was go to the bathroom to piss smh, was able to get a meal in at my desk later on and an hour later I finally had a bit of breathing room so I went for a brief walk and I wanted to scream like a mad man. I didn’t even get a chance to get a glimpse of the sun it had already set passed our office building. Went back to my desk and cranked out some more work didn’t even have the chance to look at my own work I have due Friday.
The worst part is when I picked up these what were supposed to “temporary” tasks I was told I’d get paid more for it. When I asked about the raise 3 months later I was told “it’ll be used as consideration as to how large of an annual raise you get” Life is crazy no?
Anyways any tips from those that have been through this? how long can one go on without cracking? I work out an all but I feel more of a need to punch someone in the face…the moneys decent and what I got hired to do I have years of experience but this other shit golly folks