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Age: 46 years old
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Beyond Stressed. Anxiety Attacks. Hysterical Crying.
By emmapeal9 » Posted May. 1, 2014 1:40pm - 247 views - 5 comments
WORK IS AWFUL.
AWFUL.
We've been short staffed about a month. I've been covering two desks - my own and our entire front end PLUS I've been reviewing all the incoming resumes, coordinating and conducting interviews and handling all the follow up and reference checks.
We've hired one person. The second candidate declined so we only have one coming on. My boss actually asked me if I told her the pay was a 90 period with room for more after the 90 days. That day I cried in the bathroom twice, and came home in hysterics. My husband actually threatened to call my boss.
Now the boss plans to set up a second computer in my space so I can cover my desk, the front end AND train the new person. I'm close to falling apart. I'm so busy, I'm forgetting requests. I have to LEAVE the office in order to have a lunch break.
I've also been having anxiety attacks at work. I get overwhelmed, then heavy chested with a rapid heartbeat, then I get shaky and feel I'm about to pass out. After it passes, I'm beyond exhausted and can barely keep my eyes open. If I didn't have so much to do, I WOULD fall asleep.
Doc appt is Wednesday. Glucose test. I plan to talk to her about being done. I don't have maternity leave or health insurance through my office (insurance is with hub's job), so I really just need her to give me the go ahead to stop. I don't want to burn any bridges, but I am beyond done. Hubs is over it too.
Anyone asked their doc to write them a note to end work due to stress?
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Beyond Stressed. Anxiety Attacks. Hysterical Crying.
By emmapeal9 » Posted May. 1, 2014 1:40pm - 247 views - 5 comments
WORK IS AWFUL.
AWFUL.
We've been short staffed about a month. I've been covering two desks - my own and our entire front end PLUS I've been reviewing all the incoming resumes, coordinating and conducting interviews and handling all the follow up and reference checks.
We've hired one person. The second candidate declined so we only have one coming on. My boss actually asked me if I told her the pay was a 90 period with room for more after the 90 days. That day I cried in the bathroom twice, and came home in hysterics. My husband actually threatened to call my boss.
Now the boss plans to set up a second computer in my space so I can cover my desk, the front end AND train the new person. I'm close to falling apart. I'm so busy, I'm forgetting requests. I have to LEAVE the office in order to have a lunch break.
I've also been having anxiety attacks at work. I get overwhelmed, then heavy chested with a rapid heartbeat, then I get shaky and feel I'm about to pass out. After it passes, I'm beyond exhausted and can barely keep my eyes open. If I didn't have so much to do, I WOULD fall asleep.
Doc appt is Wednesday. Glucose test. I plan to talk to her about being done. I don't have maternity leave or health insurance through my office (insurance is with hub's job), so I really just need her to give me the go ahead to stop. I don't want to burn any bridges, but I am beyond done. Hubs is over it too.
Anyone asked their doc to write them a note to end work due to stress?
Comments for this Journal Entry
 | Comment from mrsamanda » Posted May. 1, 2014 9:33pm I hope your doc can help move things along so you can get some relief. That's absolutely ridiculous. They obviously have ZERO conscious and no guilt about putting a pregnant woman under such stress. Bitches. |
 | Comment from emmapeal9 » Posted May. 1, 2014 3:36pm Thanks for the encouraging words, ladies. Thankfully my husband is going with me to the doc and will back me up. I guess it's less that I don't want to burn bridges and more that I have a hard time saying no. To have my doc step in will enforce that I don't get persuaded to do more or back down. :) |
 | Comment from jennavee » Posted May. 1, 2014 2:44pm Also, given that they don't plan on letting you have your position back (is that still the case?), I wouldn't really care about burning bridges. Do what is best for you! With the anxiety you're dealing with, it doesn't seem like that environment is something that is going to be healthy! |
| Comment from jennavee » Posted May. 1, 2014 2:42pm Oh I feel so bad for you!! I hate that they are treating you this way at work. When I was pregnant with my first, I was in the SHITTIEST work situation. My boss was a complete fucking idiot. Pardon my language. She was so stupid. I would leave work every day so so angry and wanting to throw things. My blood pressure was high, I'm sure it was. I wasn't eligible for maternity leave either. Finally, at like 37, almost 38 weeks I had an OB appointment and asked them to write me a note saying I was going on leave of absence. It basically said "Patient will be on maternity leave of absence starting *insert date*". I worked the next day (closing up my cash box and turning in alarm codes, etc, then that was it. It was SO WORTH IT. I woke up the next day and bawled my eyes out knowing that I could just relax and didn't have to go back to the hell that work had become. I did report back to them after my unpaid leave time was up, but it was only to give my resignation letter. |
 | Comment from Beccalou » Posted May. 1, 2014 2:18pm Ugh, what a miserable situation. If you're planning on returning there at some point, I'd tell them your situation (sort of, make it sound more medical and less emotional even though, at this point they're kind of one and the same, but something official from your doctor certainly couldn't hurt) and give them as much notice as you can muster, but DON'T BUDGE on whatever date you give them as your last day! It sounds like they'll walk all over you if given the opportunity. Good luck to you! It will definitely get better! |
