Workplace issues can escalate quickly when management problems go unchecked.

In this story, a man reported his boss to HR but soon found himself under intense pressure.

After a colleague quit, all the extra workload was suddenly placed on him.

To make things worse, he was put on a PIP with an unrealistic deadline.

Do you think this was fair? Let’s take a closer look!

Workload Dumped On Me Then Labeled A PIP

I have a boss who I have gone to HR about a couple of times.

The first time, I went for lack of communication on projects.

This led to widespread failure across the team.

I was blamed for it.

This man was told to find a new job.

The second time was about my year-end evaluation.

She verbally contradicted her signed evaluation of me.

The written evaluation said I met expectations. Verbally, she said I was not meeting expectations.

She also told me to find a new job in that meeting as I would not be here in a year.

His colleague gave his two weeks’ notice.

A colleague and I were starting back on her project in a month.

It is currently in an off-season period. My colleague and I were both doing other projects during this time.

My colleague put in his two weeks because of how she treats us.

He also had a recent incident with her.

Now, his colleague’s workload was dumped onto him.

My colleague and I were just trained on a new project. We were doing it in the meantime.

Once he put in his two weeks, his entire workload was dumped on my desk.

It was labeled as a PIP. I was given 11 days to finish work.

He feels like he could no longer continue.

I am still being trained on this work.

I am not very familiar with it.

I feel like I am on a death march.

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Let’s check out the comments of other people on Reddit to this story.

Short and straightforward.

This person gives some sound advice.

Here’s another suggestion from this person.

Finally, here’s a concerned remark.

When the workload doubles overnight, it’s not a promotion… it’s a warning sign.