Otherwise, if the workload is truly unbearable, it may be time to reach out to human resources for guidance - and potentially begin looking for a new job. But it will reveal you to be a true team player who helped the organization during a tough time. If that’s the case, it may be worth doing the best you can for as long as you can while making it a priority to communicate your workload and when you need additional time with competing deadlines. If your manager isn’t willing to reprioritize your workload, consider whether the additional work will help position you for a promotion or give you a skillset that you can leverage for external opportunities.
One of the hardest parts of being a manager is managing your own workload and that of your direct reports, and this is especially true for nonexecutive managers, who typically are very close to the deliverables that more senior-level executives set the tone for. They may not even understand what you had on your plate before tasking you with the second set of responsibilities. Often, managers are simply focused on trying to get all of the work done and may not realize the true impact of you doing two jobs. While it’s easy to assume that your manager may not have the best intentions when assigning extra work, I do want to extend them some grace. Knowing that the clients needed to be served, she recommended that her manager let her pause all administrative or operational projects that didn’t impact current clients until a backfill was hired, or until a slower season without as many client meetings.
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For example, one woman I coach who is in a client-facing role took on another full job, doubling her client load. Ask your manager, “How would you like me to prioritize this workload?” Then wait for an answer!Ĭome prepared with a backup plan that helps prioritize your workload, in case your manager indicates they expect you to get everything done within the existing timelines. It sounds like you’re in the unfortunate position where you literally can’t complete everything within the existing timelines, so you need to have a candid conversation about updating those timelines and/or postponing certain projects. Schedule a one-on-one meeting and create an agenda that includes all of your outstanding projects, anything new that will be added to your plate, and the intended deadlines for all of them.
Next up, it’s time to have a discussion with your supervisor about priorities. It may be best to wait until your mid- or end-of-year review to pitch a salary increase or bonus based on your additional contributions to the team. If there’s no policy in place, you can put together a pitch for additional compensation - but I rarely see that strategy succeed when the timeframe for performing two roles is undefined. If there is a policy in place that would compensate you for performing the second job’s functions for a certain amount of time, don’t be surprised if the extra pay is dismal. I’ve only seen it a handful of times with my own clients, and managers tend to be unaware of such policies because their main concern is getting the work done.
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Head to your human resources manual to see if your company has policies that cover what happens when someone is working two jobs. As such, most organizations don’t have a policy in place to provide additional compensation for them.įirst, it helps to know whether you’ll be compensated or just asked to do both jobs with a smile (and an extra-long to-do list). Generally, these responsibilities fall under “other duties as assigned,” which appears in most salaried job descriptions. A colleague may resign suddenly or go on leave, or the company may downsize in a way that impacts your team and reorganizes job functions. Sadly, being asked to work two jobs is an experience that many professionals will endure at some point in their career.
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