Where do I stand here?

Some of you may know, I'm underpaid at work and on the verge of burnout.

I work for a small business, 5 of us, and we all get on. Marketing. 

I sent an email mentioning feeling burnt out, would like to clarify my workload on an upcoming project, and a review of my compensation. I mentioned my mental health, that this burnout feeling is getting worse and I'm struggling to manage it. 

Work know I am autistic, they have been supportive of me, and have accepted that I struggle to do things such as socialising, networking, and phone calls. 

I worked on an email with my dad today whilst working from home, and the reply I got... I just burst into tears.

My boss referred to me asking for support with phone calls as "grievances", nowhere in any email had I even brought support up in the first place. I simply asked for support with my workload, clarification on responsibilties, and a review of my pay.

I had (obviously wrongly assumed) that requests for support, which wer happily accepted, were reasonable adjustments. But now they are being classed as me having "grievances."

There is a paper trail to back what I'm saying up, and I have a meeting on Monday to discuss everything. 

My head is spinning, and honestly they are making me feel like my disability is a difficulty that the business has to navigate, and that because I'm disabled, I'm not good enough at my job.

I feel heartbroken, I love my job, my boss said she classes me as like a sister to her, and then this... I'm not even sure what to say.

I'm terrified about Monday, I don't handle any of this well.

Parents
  • The modern workplace is a soulless and hard (sometimes cruel) place for anyone let alone us sensitive souls.

    Marketting is well known for consuming souls too, escape whilst you still can and repent of your previous work... 

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  • The modern workplace is a soulless and hard (sometimes cruel) place for anyone let alone us sensitive souls.

    Marketting is well known for consuming souls too, escape whilst you still can and repent of your previous work... 

Children
  • And if you do follow my well meant, and only sligtly tongue in cheek advice, and end up unemployed, then how do you feel about marketting a teal of guys who haev an experimental table top nculear fusion thingy that actually works... 

    We should be bloody rolling in cash now, but we probably are not marketting ourselves to the right people in the right way...