I mad about the third of the way in an 18 week FECT regime, and suffering the usual. Work has been challenging, a director resigned and my stand in proved useless, and I had a contract pulled. All ghastly as it wasn’t all brilliant as a consequence of the recession.
Anyway, I have to try to keep the show on the road, it would be good to know how others are coping.
Oh no… not what you need at the moment. I can fully understand your problems though.
I also have my own business. I’ve got a great team of staff running it in my absence but at the end of the day, there are always problems and issues that need dealing with and when you’re not there with you’re eye on the ball permanently, things just seem to go to rat sh1t! My wages bill grew by over 50%, which is unsustainable, in the first month of my absence and there seem to have been no end of problems.
I’ve just had to try and deal with what needs dealing with as and when and then try and put the business completely out of my mind the rest of the time otherwise the stress would be just too much to deal with on top of everything else. Fortunately, the manager I have put in does try and shield me from most of it and only contacts if really necessary. I then feel guilty that she’s having to deal with it all… silly I know!
I’m seriously considering what I want to do about the business after this is all over and whether I really want that sort of stress in my life anymore.