I Am Dreading Going to Work

I would ask your supervisor for a meeting.

At the meeting, or even meeting for coffee, bring up your workload.

"How do you feel I have been doing with _______(extra work)?" If supervisor has something positive to say about it, you can respond with "Great! I was wondering if I might be able to get that promotion or pay raise" (alter the words to your own style/agreement...)

When (if) the supervisor tries to put it off even longer, or refuses.. you can say "well, I feel that the stress of doing this extra work, with nothing to show for it, is detrimental to the work I AM being payed for... I would like to transition back to my paid workload."

or something along those lines... Be polite, professional, and FIRM. Let him know that you are only willing to do the work that you will be paid for.

As a sometimes quasi-supervisor, I would LOVE to hear someone say the following:

"I'd like to thank you for giving me these extra responsibilities. I really appreciate your trust in me. However, after a lot of reflection and soul-searching, I've concluded that they're not necessarily a good fit for me. I'd be happy to continue doing this until you find someone else to take this on, but ultimately I'd love to go back to what I was doing before."

As long as you work through the transition -- i.e., wait until they find someone else to take these things on -- this will really make you look golden. The alternative is for them to slowly, painfully conclude what you've already concluded yourself: that you're not a good fit for these responsibilities. And that won't leave you looking good at all.

Tell your supervisor that you appreciate having had this "developmental assignment" and that it has given you an opportunity to further assess your career plan and your personal development plan. You've also been considering your strengths and have discovered the role you'd been working towards does not play to your strengths. As such, you'd like to discuss other opportunities to more fully use your strengths of _______ so that you can make the maximum contribution to the company.

Most job descriptions include a line that encompasses doing whatever your supervisor requests. These new duties are now part of your job, so you need to find a way to convince him that you'd be more valuable exchanging those responsibilities for different ones vs. removing additional responsibilities altogether. If that is not an option, tell him that you have exceeded your workday capacity and need help prioritizing what items can be eliminated from your current responsibilities to allow you time to do the new responsibilities. It's fair that if you were at capacity and something was added with nothing removed that you have to prioritize to allow some things to be eliminated or delegated elsewhere. Not doing the extra work that your boss gave to you will create extra work for your boss, so you will need to offer to help in another way to remain a team player. Whatever you do, don't say that you want to just do the job that you are being paid to do as this is now what you're being paid to do. With companies reducing hiring and cutting jobs, most employers are expecting more of their employees (without promotion or increasing pay), and you are being asked to do more. It may not be right, but it is the current reality.

Hi, S.:

Write her a note to tell her what you have written here or tell her
to her face:

1. Tell her what you've realized.
2. How this is impacting you.
3. What is the hardest thing for you.
4. What you need to make things right for yourself.
5. Apologize

Good luck.
D.

This IS what you signed up for when you did not have anything put in writing or request an increase in pay. You are stressed because you know you made a mistake...it happens.

How to fix it? Fess up with your supervisor, request more pay, or continue to be walked on your entire life and never get paid what you are worth..

...or come work with me :)

Nanc