ran very poorly in my opinion. My title is triage. My boss has recently added a bunch of new jobs to my work load… none of which are in mt job description. My question is this I am considering quitting because it is getting to be too much for me. How would I go about talking to her before I make such a drastic decision? What could I say to make her understand that I am burnt out and my load is too much for me??? Any help much appreciated.
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Should you decide to quit do so after you’ve found another job.
If you’d rather try and salvage this situation then by all means talk to your boss. If she is a reasonable person she can perhaps redistribute these new duties to others or accept that somethings won’t get done in a timely manner if at all.
We all get burned out is a given and taking time off is a reasonable and necessary by-product of work.
Granted that things are getting tougher for non-profits, but finding reliable and experienced people is even harder. You bring value to your organization. Sometimes bosses are too buried and forget this.
Good luck.
First, sit down in private and list all your reasons for feeling the way you do right now. Put them into two columns: one column for “unavoidable problems” meaning that you can’t avoid these things that stress you and can’t change the reasons for them, and “avoidable problems” which are just what they sound like–stressors that you think might be improvable.
Then take you “avoidable” list and divide that further into other categories, and assign reasons for why these stressors are avoidable:
(1) the fault of other people you have no control over
(2) the fault of people you HAVE control over
(3) poor organization
(4) poor planning/logistics
(5) poor supervision
And when you get these items categorized, then prioritize them this way:
(1) those you can fix
(2) those your supervisor has to fix
Then, when you’re thoroughly versed in exactly what problems you have, and how they can be fixed, write this up into a proposal. A good proposal will be non-emotional, and non-blame-giving. It will also propose possible solutions–and I stress the word POSSIBLE–because all solutions should be possible, not demanded.
Ask to see your supervisor in private, give her the proposal all neatly presented in a folder, and ask that she review this for you, and tell her you’d like to see if she could give you an answer within a week.
If nothing comes of this, if your job description isn’t rewritten, or if she refuses to even look at it, then put it up one level above her–and try there. Before you quit any job, you should always try this professional method to work things out…you will be surprised at the results it can get. But it’s also smart, and it shows her that you have real concerns she can quantify–and that she can count on your professionalism and your concerns for the organization to be the first priority. That’s a HUGE boost for her, and you, too. AND…it documents your efforts to improve things rather than your willingness to walk away.
You have another option of starting a part-time business till it earns you about as much and then quit. If you are using this is because you probably know something about the web. In this age creating a part-time web business is not longer a huge monster to overcome. Having said 90% of the internet advertised home biz’s are scams even if it’s for only 10 bucks. Do something real and proper using a web. Sell slippers, old clothes anything. If all else fails drop me a message on my website. I could always use help for my part-time business.
I dun claim to make a lot but I’m quitting by the end of this year. I’ve got a good business foundation setup and ready to leave. Thank God. It took me 3 years for all the planning and necessary failures.
I don’t think I’ve achieved a lot yet, but I do hope someday to encourage others to leave dumb jobs to do their own stuff.