22: Overworked | Office Horror Stories

Overworked

Sometimes employers just ask too much of their employees. Its one thing to be efficient, its another to expect the impossible from a single human being. Today, we talk about overworked and overstressed employees, on office horror stories!

Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:

“He would find one person to pick on and would continue for a while until the next person would do something to set him off and then that was the newest victim. I was the second victim during this time. We have mostly women in our office and due to the environment, it became very toxic for all of us. Some either turned on each other to find favor with the boss where a few shut down, as I had done. The worst day was when we had our largest number of enrolled students and my work was beyond overloaded. I had a small area, but I had it well organized by dates on when paperwork was turned in. I had piles of work in front of my desk and still expected to help with the phones and lunches and breaks, yet never getting any myself. Being that I was raising my son alone and doing my best trying to make things work to keep my house and a good life for my son, I found it easier to just go along with what was needed and earn that paycheck than to say anything at the time. On this usual hectic and busy day someone needed a form for a student and because I could not get to it at that time, she decided to make a complaint. That is all this boss needed to make me the next victim. He sat me down in his office with the person that made a complaint and yelled at how I didn't like this person and I am unorganized. I replied by saying I have no like or dislike for the person and that it wasn't about not being helpful, it was about me having to stop answering calls and doing my work at that moment.”

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