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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve always been a top performer until recently. They reorganized my company and eliminated 50% of manager positions. This was after eliminating almost all support positions two years prior.  My department went from 25 to 4. They made no investment in resources to help. Leadership sends simultaneous emails about “Innovation” and “Cost Cutting”.

Our product has become crap - our clients are dropping us, but with all the cost cutting our stock price has gone up. Which is all that really matters to the top who will sell before long term impact.

I worked really hard to get this job. The problem is that my work load is beyond unreasonable.  Global sets demands, arbitrary deadlines, communicates it out then dumps it on me to figure it out. There is no one to delegate too, no external help etc. they won’t pay.

I can not keep up.  I work 7-7 and weekends. I already lost 3 weeks of vacation (cancelled) over the year to try to meet deadlines. I barely see my kid. My health is suffering.

I raised my hand and said too much, suggested priorities. No help- was told by my boss to make slide decks about it. Slide decks that went nowhere and took more time away.  I went to HR after a string of abusive emails and texts from a boss. HR said said “it’s a difficult situation and you should try to set priorities and manage up”.

I’m about to be put on a performance improvement plan. I got a rising star award last year and now I’m considered a poor performer.  I’ve been told by high ranking people that’s it’s not my fault. My work quality is good but I’ve been set up to fail.

Aside from looking for a job, what would you do?

My resume is going to be messy if I leave or get fired; most likely they will “reorg” to eliminate my job to avoid having to go through with HR documenting.

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