Today is the beginning of very tough times at work. No, actually it started getting tough about several months back, but it's starting to get real bad real quickly.

We are facing massive staff shortages because our health system is broke (of course) and they ain't replacing any positions which have been vacated for whatever reasons (resignation, maternity leave etc). So our boss is planning a massive reshuffling of the whole department to address this issue. 

The problems which irk me the most are:

1. They are not consulting any of the seniors about how to do the reshuffling. They're just doing it their own way and it's so secretive that they haven't been speaking to anyone.

2. They are not wanting to listen to any suggestions, recommendations that we put to them. 

3. They are behaving like they do not appreciate our work and our dedication to work. Basically, we're treated like a robot, we must do as we're told. If not, we get shuffled aside.

4. Lastly I'm most angry about the fact that when I go on leave next week, I get NO cover at all. So what...my area is not deserving of any cover when the senior is away? We are expected to carry on with the usual caseload with less staff, while the other areas do get some sort of cover? They could have given me a)full cover, which I know is impossible or b) half cover, which was the original plan but for some reason, they took that away!??. So now I'm stuck with no cover for 2 weeks. And to make me feel worse, they didn't even write 'no cover' on the roster. They wrote my colleague's name who is supposed to be in my area anyway!!! I was soo angry!! I'm still fuming as I write this!!

What a fucked up place it's turning out to be. ...