hired to do and wanted to do) and 90% Job Y. I am still always scrambling (because I am one of two people handling Y when it probably needs a few more), and they know this. The response has been "Well, you still need to get everything done" with sometimes "Okay, you can put this off, but you're still being held responsible if anything falls through the cracks as a result." I'm at a loss as to what to actually offer for options. Because while yeah, I feel overwhelmed, even if they actually cared, this isn't the primary problem to me. The problem is I want to go back to doing X almost entirely, but a) how do I frame that without it sounding like "I want to back out and not do Y at all" and b) they already hired someone to take over X. It's fine to have a "this isn't what I signed up for" conversation. Just know that the chances of going back to x task will increase if you can figure out a reasonable plan for them to accomplish y also. So far it sounds like their only solution is for you to do it. If you're stuck with y you have my permission to quietly be unhappy and get the hell outta there once you find a better job. Agree with Joey. Unfortunately, the best time to do this was before they hired someone new to do X, because they had more options at