As the title says, my boss is going through hell in her home life, but I'm left in a tough spot.

I started at a university in the middle of April this year. So, I've only been working here for a little less than 3 months.

Some context, I am the only assistant manager to my boss. We work together closely, but she has a lot of things that are specific tasks to her, billing, deposits, our ordering system, etc. They're things I haven't been formally trained on, but have had to learn because of the circumstances I'll state next.

She's taken a lot of time off in those 3 months Ive worked here. Her father passed away, so there was a week and a half gone, she took another week and a half after that with vacation time, now her mother's cancer is back and she's off again on medical leave for who knows how long.

I don't envy what she's going through and I feel she deserves every minute of that time, plus some. However, because of all of this, I've been stuck doing both of our jobs. Over half my time working here has been dping both of our jobs and I'm getting burned out already.

I plan on speaking with her boss tomorrow to discuss things as I can't keep doing this with no help. I don't believe it's fair and I also believe I'm due for some sort of compensation to make up for it.

Again, I understand it's not my bosses fault, nor do I expect her to show up to work with all of that going on.

Am I wrong to ask for a bonus, any type of compensation, extra time off? I hate to want to piggyback off of her being gone for family emergencies, but somethings got to give. Any advice is welcome.