A friend has written to you asking for advice about a problem at work. You have had a similar problem in the past. Write a reply to your friend. In your letter: • tell your friend you understand the problem • explain what happened to you in the past • suggest possible solutions to the problem

Dear Annie, I am so glad to hear from you since it’s been almost two years since we couldn’t meet

due to

the ongoing pandemic. I am writing to you as I am concerned about the difficulties with your manager that you mentioned. I was

also

in a similar situation as you in my previous work that I can definitely relate to your problems.

While

I was working at the previous company, a co-worker resigned and I was asked to take over her role

together with

my assigned tasks. I was already overloaded with too many deadlines and had to work overtime almost every day to meet the goals. It was really unfair of the management to hand over all the responsibilities to me.

Thus

,

according to

my past experience, the first thing you should do is to talk to your direct supervisor about your concerns and ask him or her to distribute the workload to other teammates rather than only to you.

Furthermore

, if

this

does not help, I suggest you for consulting with your HR personnel on how to deal with

this

situation. I hope my suggestions are useful for you to handle your difficulties. Lots of love, Ella