Funcle46 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Hi all, First time poster. Hope I can get some guidance. Over the past month, I have been super busy at work with multiple projects. Some involving overnight and weekend hours. On top of that my coworkers are also pulling me into their projects for guidance, support and advice. I understand that is the nature of my position being the senior member of the team, but I'm getting frustrated. I find there isn't enough time in the day to get my own stuff done as I'm constantly being pulled away to help them out. I find myself working 12 hrs days just to get some stuff done. Last week, I reached out to my boss to see if he had time to chat so I could get some advice. He said no chance as he was in meetings all day. OK, fair so I thought I could use our weekly tb to talk. Nope. He took that day off at the last minute so he could have a 4 day weekend. I did send him an email going over why I wanted to chat and begin the conversation about my concerns. It's been almost a week and he has yet to respond or acknowledge my email. I've worked with my boss for almost 10 years and we've always worked well together. Guess my feelings are hurt that he didn't have time for me even if to say, let's talk soon. Nothing! I find myself getting angry when he's joking around when I'm knee deep in frustrations. I am supposed to have my tb this Friday, so my question is how can I effectively explain my frustrations with the work and ultimately my disappointment to the apparent lack of concern to my original email. So, I've been festering these frustrations for a week since I've been unable to speak to them Any help is appreciated! Link to post Share on other sites
ShyViolet Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Do you see what your boss did you when you asked him for advice.... he said he couldn't because he was too busy? That is precisely what you need to start doing towards your coworkers when they want you to help them, and you are just too swamped to do it. You need to start saying "no." You need to start saying, "I'm sorry but I'm really swamped, I am not able to take this on right now." BOUNDARIES are extremely important. You don't have to do everything that everyone wants to put on you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FudgeSwirl Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 If your boss customarily doesn't let e-mails slide, I wouldn't take the fact that he didn't answer personally and even more so if you have a great rapport with him. Superiors' inboxes get inundated at times so it is easy to let a read e-mail accidentally slip away or for them to think they responded because they probably did so in their head while they were doing a zillion other things simultaneously. I agree with @ShyVioletregarding saying no. It does not mean you do not care about your co-workers; it just means you are being realistic that you at the moment do not have any time for anything but your own work. You deserve to not feel burned out. Link to post Share on other sites
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