Rant
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Taking care of your mental health is important but that doesn’t mean you can disappear leaving other people to clean up your mess. As an adult you need to take responsibility for yourself.
I’m still at university but my mom is a principal and have told me some stories about younger employees calling in sick for the smallest reasons. She once caught two employees who’d both called in sick sitting at a café together on her way home from work. When she confronted them about it the next day they said they were “recharging”. On a weekday. At a café. Together. Hanging out.
For schools and hospitals I feel like this behaviour is extra unlikeable since in the long run the patients and children are the ones who suffer because of it.
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Taking care of your mental health is important but that doesn’t mean you can disappear leaving other people to clean up your mess. As an adult you need to take responsibility for yourself.
I’m still at university but my mom is a principal and have told me some stories about younger employees calling in sick for the smallest reasons. She once caught two employees who’d both called in sick sitting at a café together on her way home from work. When she confronted them about it the next day they said they were “recharging”. On a weekday. At a café. Together. Hanging out.
For schools and hospitals I feel like this behaviour is extra unlikeable since in the long run the patients and children are the ones who suffer because of it.
there is nothing wrong with discussing if you are having a problem but disappearing without any notice? without any replacement? that is height of irresponsibility. Tbh if because of your irresponsible behaviour someone's health and future is getting affected, you need to be called out
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Ofc. If you’re about to hit a wall or suffering because of the environment there’s nothing wrong with bringing that up and maybe taking time off. But if it happens too often or you just up and disappear that’s a problem. Maybe you need to rethink your career or find a new strategy so you can handle it better
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Taking care of your mental health is important but that doesn’t mean you can disappear leaving other people to clean up your mess. As an adult you need to take responsibility for yourself.
I’m still at university but my mom is a principal and have told me some stories about younger employees calling in sick for the smallest reasons. She once caught two employees who’d both called in sick sitting at a café together on her way home from work. When she confronted them about it the next day they said they were “recharging”. On a weekday. At a café. Together. Hanging out.
For schools and hospitals I feel like this behaviour is extra unlikeable since in the long run the patients and children are the ones who suffer because of it.
It sounds a bit like my job working as a housekeeper at a so called "boutique" hotel. I'm only required to do 15 hours a week but my employer ignores the fact that I have anxiety and gives me up to 6 rooms a day when I can really only handle 4 or 5. The other day I had 8 and was totally exhausted. I had to stay back and help the others and had already clocked off when I was told this. I dread going every day as I don't know what I'm going to get. (Sounds a bit like Forrest Gump). I've only been there a couple of months and am already tired of it. I do it as I can't do anything else. It's starting to stress me out and my employer isn't the easiest person to relate to. Yes, we need to take action for our mental health, but not at the expense of physical and mental exhaustion. It's time employers woke up and listened to their staff especially the good ones like I am.
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It sounds a bit like my job working as a housekeeper at a so called "boutique" hotel. I'm only required to do 15 hours a week but my employer ignores the fact that I have anxiety and gives me up to 6 rooms a day when I can really only handle 4 or 5. The other day I had 8 and was totally exhausted. I had to stay back and help the others and had already clocked off when I was told this. I dread going every day as I don't know what I'm going to get. (Sounds a bit like Forrest Gump). I've only been there a couple of months and am already tired of it. I do it as I can't do anything else. It's starting to stress me out and my employer isn't the easiest person to relate to. Yes, we need to take action for our mental health, but not at the expense of physical and mental exhaustion. It's time employers woke up and listened to their staff especially the good ones like I am.
Sorry to hear that. If your employer demands more of you than parts of your job description that's obviously the employers fault, not yours.
I'm not saying anyone should put work above their own health but that it's up to oneself to find a way to balance it. It's your own responsibility to take care of yourself sorta. Find a job you can handle, time to recharge that doesn't demand you regularly take time of work, a calming hobby, more time with loved ones or maybe work only 80%. No individual is the same so everyone would ofc have a different solutions. My point is as an adult it's your job to look after yourself without letting it go out over other people.
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Sorry to hear that. If your employer demands more of you than parts of your job description that's obviously the employers fault, not yours.
I'm not saying anyone should put work above their own health but that it's up to oneself to find a way to balance it. It's your own responsibility to take care of yourself sorta. Find a job you can handle, time to recharge that doesn't demand you regularly take time of work, a calming hobby, more time with loved ones or maybe work only 80%. No individual is the same so everyone would ofc have a different solutions. My point is as an adult it's your job to look after yourself without letting other people take the hit because of it.
I'm taking responsibility for my mental health and do my self care, but it's a bit hard to go for a walk not only for exercise but to recharge the batteries so to speak when I'm that exhausted I can't even muster up the energy. He knows this but still demands of me. I work as hard as everyone else there but they aren't a real supportive bunch and rarely stay and help. I'm thinking of having a talk to my co worker about it, she's the head housekeeper and a nice person and see what she thinks. I've been told in this job not to overwhelm yourself and I won't.
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I'm taking responsibility for my mental health and do my self care, but it's a bit hard to go for a walk not only for exercise but to recharge the batteries so to speak when I'm that exhausted I can't even muster up the energy. He knows this but still demands of me. I work as hard as everyone else there but they aren't a real supportive bunch and rarely stay and help. I'm thinking of having a talk to my co worker about it, she's the head housekeeper and a nice person and see what she thinks. I've been told in this job not to overwhelm yourself and I won't.
That sucks. Hope you figure it out
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That sucks. Hope you figure it out
Well it just so happens after I finished my shift today, my employer came out and spoke to me and first thanked me for working back late on Saturday, and said I am doing a good job with rooms and said I could work a 4 hour shift instead and get a day off every week. I thought coming home that could work and then I get the work/life balance. He doesn't seem so bad and gave me feedback which I need. He also noticed I'm getting quicker with the rooms which I am as I set the timer every day. (We only get 30 mins). I'm getting so fast in fact that I actually have a couple of minutes to spare and I guess an extra hour a day means more money so I can't complain.
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I wish you all the best my friend...
take it slowly one day at a time and worry about yourself first and foremost...
I understand how frustrating it may seem at times but realistically the only person who can control anything is you for you!!!
make sure you destress and chill - you can't control others so at some point you gotta look after no. 1
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I wish you all the best my friend...
take it slowly one day at a time and worry about yourself first and foremost...
I understand how frustrating it may seem at times but realistically the only person who can control anything is you for you!!!
make sure you destress and chill - you can't control others so at some point you gotta look after no. 1
I'm trying but things are getting really worse day by day. Thank god now administration is also looking in this thing
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I'm trying but things are getting really worse day by day. Thank god now administration is also looking in this thing
remember unless your hospital admin then staffing issues are admin issues not your issues per se...obviously it affects your work if there is a shortage but again I'm sure you've complained/talked to the necessary people
what else can you do except take care of oneself?
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thank you selfmate. thankfully I'm not in administration and those guys really are working to bring all the distracted souls back to work! I'm bit overburdened but hopefully things will get better
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and being older I think one of the most important things about work that I've realised is when to say no...
when one is short staffed or have too much on there is a tendency to pile the work or responsibilities onto the rest of the staff...
it begins with a minor thing like oh can you just do this and then it escalates and soon one finds themselves with like lots of extra little duties that one shouldn't be doing...
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