About that...

 Not gonna make October. I'm applying for jobs in Queensland. I am done, done, DONE!!!

This week, a crime spree saw our office broken into, the work Prado stolen and used to ramraid at least 3 businesses (one of them twice), take out the repeater tower for town (lost all wifi, phones and security cameras) then torched. By teenagers.

That is bad enough in itself. What really sucks is the total lack of support and care for clients and staff that has been shown by Head Office (my boss has been FANTASTIC!)

The day it happened, there were screams because I cancelled supports. I was doing notifications of cancellation, got rocks thrown at my car (damage was done). I called stumps for the day.

Then the pressure for an internal Incident Report started (the police one was done). Along with a Risk Assessment. Because clearly, this will help.

I have heard from Head Office exactly twice: once to try to get me to take a crappy car as replacement (no) and once to set up an appointment with a property owner in town (also no). Both offered arbitrary 'Hope all is ok' but that's it.

My stress levels are so high I am waking up at 0300 every day, stressed. I woke up this morning panicking that it was Monday. By the time I realised it wasn't, I was too awake to sleep again. This is not a good place.

The company are looking to send me a Support Coordinator and his wife (who is a support worker). But. He has no grasp on how things work out here, has a very bad accent (in terms of being understood), zero cultural awareness and no relationships. His wife will only be able to work weekends. So, rather than reduce my stress, they are going to increase it.

Nope. The company has known for a long time I need actual, on-the-ground help out here, and have refused to send it. Now, they send me someone to increase work, and someone who will need work created for them? And they are not even remotely interested in work/life balance or actual staff/client safety? yeah, nah.