[fintstone]

Where I work, about 8 years a go a person left. They temporarily gave me their work until they could replace them. Two months later, another left and I was the only one with the background to do their work as well...so I filled in. When, after months later, they hired two people (neither qualified to do either job), they left the duties with me and found new things for them to do that they could handle. Meanwhile, the responsibilities have increased for each over the next 7 years (and in fact, the original job they hired me to do has taken off and doubled in work). Last year, my immediate supervisor retired and another employee left. They gave me the supervisor's job but no increase in pay...telling me they would give two new employees. I have managed to triage and do all of this for now (improving greatly on what my supervisor had achieved with the group with many more people). Now they tell me the budget is busted and they cannot replace any of them. Just wait till I retire in Dec...They don't believe I really am going to.