Hey everyone
I recently started my new job (first week done) and while my boss and the work environment are great, I’m a little overwhelmed with my responsibilities and the work I have to do.
I knew what I was signing up for and I knew it was going to be a big challenge for me and while the financial aspect of it played a big factor, I also thought that this opportunity would be good for me and my career advancement.
However, I’m struggling a little bit both mentally and emotionally. I guess I miss the familiarity of my old work place, I miss my friends there, and mostly I’m just overwhelmed and questioning myself if I can even fulfil what’s required of me in this role. I try to remind myself that they wouldn’t have offered the position to me and I wouldn’t have accepted if the employer and I both didn’t think I could do it.
I had a breakdown last night and ended up in tears, and even if it’s the weekend and I should be relaxing, I find myself worrying and thinking about work all the time and I’m constantly anxious.
I’m sort of taking the lead in setting up a new department for this workplace and so the staff there have no background knowledge about what I’m doing so they can’t really help me, and I also feel isolated. I don’t know if I should speak to my boss about my concerns about my work and try to manage their expectations since they don’t really know the work I’m doing. I feel like if I don’t say anything, then they’ll just think everything’s going well. But I’m finding that I need support, especially in the form of having another person who knows the work I’m doing to collaborate with. But I don’t know if it would be appropriate to ask that so early on.. and I know when I signed my contract, that I should’ve been competent enough to handle everything myself. And asking for another person means I’m not.
If you guys have any words of encouragement or advice please send it my way. 😢