I had to tell my boss that I could not juggle both projects that I've been asked to run. Each one is a 60 hr/wk commitment on its own. I am a human, not a machine. He has not yet found a replacement for me so I fear both may yet end up on my plate and unfortunately the quality of the service I provide will suffer, which means the client pays the price.
That's a hard talk to have. Good for you, truly. I've been there.
@agitated_trash It was! I felt like a failure but I reached a point yesterday where it was either quit one of the projects or quit my job entirely because I can't keep doing this. Now the question is...did they listen to me or were they giving me lip service?
@CrowTheory @agitated_trash We have lost a lot of staff in the last year. I have been in this boat before back in the early 2000's. It did not end well when the workers who remained were asked to do the job of three people to make up for the missing bodies.
@Foxthorn this is wild, I know 100% what you mean. I was the penultimate one on a sinking boat and and it was awful, painful, traumatic, scarred me for life with trust issues.
@Foxthorn @agitated_trash There's a failure here all right and it's a failure of management (but not your management!)