Stressed at work

[Blue_kitty]

I am so stressed at work getting to the point that i hate this industry. We been audited since last year and have been requested to provide hundreds of documents in a few day which i think is very unreasonable. We have to work day and night to get the docs all together in less than a week. After that we don't hear anything for months. The auditor was new ( first time doing audit) so unprofessional and didn't know a lot of simple things. She keep asking for more and more documents or re arrange the document we provided. And trying to pick little things to prove my work mistake. Over time i feel that I am failure. I am also been forced to provide more and more docs to prove myself but they simply don't reply or change the contact person. Whatever i do it goes nowhere. i just simply don't get an answer. They also like to send emails on Friday afternoon before end of business. I am getting so depressed on working on a Friday. Every Friday i feel something bad is going to happen. because this took so long (over a year now) i feel everything is wrong and very unhappy. I lost the passion of work and worrying about everything. I am seeing a psychologist but every time i get a bit better they come back to ask for something more. My whole life has been disrupted.

[PamelaR]

Hi Blue Kitty and welcome to Beyond Blue

I completely understand what you are going through Blue Kitty - Audits are anxiety provoking. No doubt about it. Their demands are often over the top. I have seen the consequences of their requests for documents first hand - 'huge basement' full of documents, just in case they were needed for audits. Everyone, including the lawyers were 'afraid to destroy them'.

For me, the biggest issue is - it isn't possible to control or to change the auditors behaviours. So I needed to work out how to manage my own stress and anxiety. This of course is the difficult part isn't it?

I'm pleased to hear you are seeing a psychologist. Getting help from a health professional is one of ways to manage anxiety and stress. So good on you for doing this. Maybe talk to your psych about your triggers, i.e. the requests from the auditors and what tools they can offer you to get you through these times?

Have you browsed our forums at all? There are a lot of people who have work related anxiety and stress. Think about doing a search using our search field at the top of the page. Enter keywords, e.g.

• self help tips for managing anxiety
• work anxiety

Keep reaching out Blue Kitty. You're not alone.

Kind regards

PamelaR