Construction manager meets with unqualified boss to tell him his workload is too high, boss gives him more work, he quits: 'Ok then, I am resigning.'

Constant pressure at work, the resulting chronic stress, is the fastest track to burnout. And it can be hard to let your managers know how you're feeling, and any admission of struggling to keep up can be taken as a sign of weakness or a lack of effort, and any complaints about workload being too high can get you labeled  as "negative."

After attempting to communicate their struggles to further up the chain of command, even making calls to the company president, the construction manager was growing weary and frustrated. He attempted to sit down and discuss his workload with his own boss, expressing concern about the excessive amount of work he still needed to complete and worrying that the pressure would lead to mistakes and delays for clients, simply because he had too much on his plate. His boss, seemingly thinking that his subordinate was just complaining, responded by telling him effectively to tough it up and "get ready" because there were going to be two more projects added to his plate soon. The frustrated worker resigned on the spot. The construction manager then shared his experience with this online workplace community, sharing his frustration with readers, sparking a discussion where some shared their own experiences and stories in the comments.

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