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| My staff are run ragged, but senior managers don't want to know | My staff are run ragged, but senior managers don't want to know |
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| Each Friday and Monday we publish the problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Guardian Money supplement so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy's own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts? | Each Friday and Monday we publish the problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Guardian Money supplement so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy's own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts? |
| I am a manager at a business that is vast and runs many sites across the UK. The problem is that both myself and my staff are paid the same as our counterparts on other sites, but we have double the amount of work due the size of this site. | I am a manager at a business that is vast and runs many sites across the UK. The problem is that both myself and my staff are paid the same as our counterparts on other sites, but we have double the amount of work due the size of this site. |
| I have been with the business for eight years and I started this job a year ago. Within a week I noted that my staff were "run ragged", and one had been off with work-related stress. Soon after I started, I carried out a work load analysis and proved that my staff have more work than their counterparts on other sites. My superiors have accepted a "trial" where I have got additional staff and this is currently ongoing and working well. | I have been with the business for eight years and I started this job a year ago. Within a week I noted that my staff were "run ragged", and one had been off with work-related stress. Soon after I started, I carried out a work load analysis and proved that my staff have more work than their counterparts on other sites. My superiors have accepted a "trial" where I have got additional staff and this is currently ongoing and working well. |
| However, I feel that management are not working with me and have been putting obstacles in the way of making this a success, perhaps because they have been senior managing this site for the past three years. I am keeping a log of everything and will shortly be pitching and proving my argument to make this trial permanent. | However, I feel that management are not working with me and have been putting obstacles in the way of making this a success, perhaps because they have been senior managing this site for the past three years. I am keeping a log of everything and will shortly be pitching and proving my argument to make this trial permanent. |
| I can't find any sort of legal argument or previous case study which would significantly help my argument. The Equality at Work Act 2010 is all based upon pay. I would be very grateful if you could please find such a case study which would significantly help my cause. | I can't find any sort of legal argument or previous case study which would significantly help my argument. The Equality at Work Act 2010 is all based upon pay. I would be very grateful if you could please find such a case study which would significantly help my cause. |
| • For Jeremy's and readers' advice on a work issue, send a brief email to dear.jeremy@guardian.co.uk. Please note that he is unable to answer questions of a legal nature or reply personally. | • For Jeremy's and readers' advice on a work issue, send a brief email to dear.jeremy@guardian.co.uk. Please note that he is unable to answer questions of a legal nature or reply personally. |
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