dread of Monday

Oh my i know that work is hard but it shouldn't be that bad for anyone. Is there anyway to quit and maybe get another job? I can't imagine that. Yikes I'm so sorry that you feel that way.

I know this will not help much but think of all the people out of work and cant find any, i was like you i had
a good job that was a torment to me, i had sole responsibility for, we do what we do for our family but
they need to be set down and talked to, i know well about those Sunday night fears, somehow i lasted 42
years and i have a fine pension but recently my wife threw it up to me about all the hours i was gone, I
wish they really understood "we do it for them", God bless you, Peace

Larry ***

WRAS,

Sending prayers of fortitude your way. It is an awful feeling to dread going into work.:(

I hope that you wake with a sense of peace and can go and get it all done with little anxiety...

...and eventually come up with a plan to make any changes necessary to feel better for the long term.

S.C.

No one can make you work OT without being paid for it. That is against the law.

Thanks all for the support.
Made it thru Monday- 4 days to go.
Found out our company is merging with another large company who will be the majority owner. Big business just gets bigger...
Who knows maybe a change for the better?
I'm so tired of change. I don't do well with it.

OT without compensation is allowed because I am salaried...

Hope tonight is restful...last night I kept dreaming that I had possibly made a mistake at work and that I had to get there to make sure I hadn't or rectify the situation if I did. It was soooooo real and I was so tense all night and when I woke up. When I was fully awake I realized that I am never responsible for doing the task I was dreaming about so it was definitely not real. Sighhhhhh

WRAS,

I hope that the new merger brings some positive changes your way!! Good to hope, right? :)

S.O.B.S.

Welcome to the A/P! I hope that you find much care and support here! Post anytime...and start a new thread of introduction for yourself if you feel comfortable doing so.;)

S.C.

Hello! You just replied to my post, and I've read a little of your experiences here.

What can I suggest? Well, I used to book a few days off here and there, and a week off here and there as annual holiday. The problem was, I was still feeling vexed during my holiday, unless I went away somewhere.

Me, living on my own, I think, makes it difficult to take my mind off things, but I remember thinking once or a few times, that 1 weeks holiday, wasn't enough. I'm wondering if you are able to take a two week holiday, book in advance, to go on holiday, or be at home and able to take a break of some sort, or do some things that you like to do.

I know sometimes it's hard even to take a break, thinking of the things still at work, but if there is any way of booking a holiday in advance, and planning before hand what you are going to do on the holiday it might help a little short term :) On and off at the moment, I feel a bit weird with the no job situation at the moment, but I think I am a lot more relaxed, or focused, now that I'm into week 3. I do think that maybe two weeks is a good break, though still hard, when you get back after a break.

I'd love to do something more flexible this time, maybe something, which maybe means a few days at the weekend sometimes, working, but a day off during the week, or something, which feels different.

I hope that it doesn't feel too tough on the next monday, I am similar on sundays, I tend to find it hard to relax if I know I have to go in, in the morning. I might be suited to a later in the day job, or a very early morning, finish early job.

Just thought I'd mention a few things, so that you know that sometimes change is possible, I'm lucky I have this paid break, before finding new employment.

Best Wishes! :)

I appreciate the support and commiseration.
I am so consumed tody that I cannot even offer support to anyone else and that bugs me.
I am at the point where I just dread every day.
At night I dream I'm trying to solve problems at work- ALL NIGHT
Remember I told you about the customer who told me he told my boss how happy he was with the effort I put forth to keep his business running smoothly? I talked to my boss about how their meeting went and he never mentioned that comment at all.
I have also come to the conclusion that he does not know how to do the job he keeps pushing my way. My retired boss used to do the scheduling of the production of our plant. When he left this one didn't feel he should and didn't. That left me & the production manager floundering. Production manager didn't step up and someone had to do it so I tried. Well...I don't work out on the floor so it is mighty foreign. I got very overwhelmed. Told the boss. Oh my this will be too long a story- lets just say it fell on deaf ears and then when I said it was affecting my health in a bad way he said he'd step in but then didn't like 3 times. The production manager then stepped up to the plate. He wasn't good at it either but started to get OK at it. Then he got fired. Guess who got the responsibility again? Again I am telling him I have too much on my plate and can't do this too plus don't have the knowledge to do it. Alright he says- he will do it. But he doesn't. I have to step in or I can't do the rest of my job without a production schedule in place. I put my foot down again today after getting some inside info from a lead man outside on how to figure out hrs. a job will take and using it to put together the schedule and the boss then said everything was going to take more time then I allotted. I said- OK I just spent hours here in the schedule room and I didn't get to do anything that I'm really supposed to do and it's quarter after 4. I obviously don't know what I'm doing and we are in even worse shape in making delivery dates then I thought- so I'll leave this to you to figure out while I go take care of the estimates, etc. that I've left undone. You figure it all out and tell me what dates I should tell the customers. i don't care what they are- I just have to tell them something.
He was in there for awhile but I don't think he figured anything out and he did not give me any answers.
I fully expect to go in tomorrow and the cards will not have been moved and I will have to ask again for answers and I will again not get answers. My stomach is in constant knots.
I had to go grocery shopping after work tonight and by the time I got home I ached from head to toe.
I brought work home with me and finished some of it by 10:30 pm but for some I need remote access to my work computer and I'm having access problems so now I will be stressed out trying to finish that up- while more estimates come in tomorrow.
Yikes it's time to wash my face and go to bed so I can start all over again. I got a big half hr. to myself tonight.