Dear Mayank,
My name is Dinesh Kumar, age 38.
I am working as an EHS coordinator (in the environment health and safety department) in a corporate office in Noida since the last 15 years.
But since the last three years, management has given extra work of the quality dept.
I am coordinating with approx 300 site safety and quality engineers (admin role), managing the safety store at the Noida office (safety uniform, personal protective equipment, safety promotional material, etc), managing the upkeep of documentation part of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, distribution of safety uniform kit to sites approx 600 persons, MIS of safety reports, etc.
I am feeling overloaded and stressed and not interested in my job.
I am giving 100 per cent in my job but work not completed always.
Please advise me on how I can control my stress at the workplace and find a new job.
Dinesh Kumar
Ans: Dear Dinesh,
I understand you are overloaded, like many people in the corporate world.
The first step to streamline your work is to clearly list down the tasks that you do and how much time it takes.
Then sit with your manager and explain to him the support you want from the management in terms of resources like manpower, online system, etc.
You are a valuable resource and if you can systematically explain the situation, then I am sure you will be heard and allocated resources to optimally carry out the critical tasks related to ESH of your organisation.
Many of the ESH activities are legal requirements, so the company will definitely support you.
