To hunt down my husbands boss and kick him in the head!

[fernie3]

My husbands boss left recently and my husband applied for his job (it is a public sector computing job). He didnt get it as he had no management experience and it was offered to someone else. Fair enough he didnt get it he just carried on as normal waiting for the new person to start.

BUT now he has been told he will be taking on all of the techinical role of the job he applied for because the person they actually gave the job to doesnt know how to do it!. They have said it is covered by his current contract in something that says "work needed" or something along those lines. The new person will only be managing one person (my husband) so it seems a little unreasonable that my huaband will essentially be doing the job he applied for for no extra pay etc?.

For those that remember my leaving him in bed post apparently this is what that whole thing was about he was stressing about doing both the jobs.

Is it unreasonable for me to find his boss kick him in the head and dance round him laughing at his misery?

[Brunettelady]

Lol, probably not, but its not his fault. Its the fault of the stupid people who gave him the job then told your husband that he would be doing all the work. You could hunt them down instead. Isn't there a union or something he could speak to as this does seem really unfair!

[fernie3]

sorry should have said his old boss lol (who did the interviews etc!)

[Brunettelady]

Oh right. lol. Yes, hunt him down and give him a good battering.

[LastTrainToNowhere]

I was wondering why you'd want to kick someone who'd gone away and had nothing to do with the current situation, but if he's the one who hired the new (not completely competent) guy, then YANBU. Kick away

[BonjourIvressedeNoel]

I'm just going to do the same to my husband's boss. hammer, dark night, sorted ;-)

[squeaver]

Your husband should speak to his HR department or the next boss up

[StealthPolarBear]

"other duties as and when required by your manager"
or something like that?
My inderstanding is that this should be occasionally, if it's a regular arrangement then his job description should change to incorporate them (along with pay and position change!)
Where I work, that sentence means I cover my boss's job when he's ill/on holiday, not as a regular thing, or I'm doing his job!
Have you posted in employment issues? Even an email spelling it out to the boss's boss might be a good idea?

[fernie3]

hi yes StealthPolarBear that sounds like it. I was horrified when he told me! He has a tendancy to just let things go which is probably why they have done this (they know he will let them). I will ask him if he will speak to someone about it although Im not sure if he will or not!

[WingedVictory]

When my former boss left and the company decided to close restructure our publication and make my role "redundant", I carried on "acting"in his role till the end date. They weren't going to give me a pay rise for the extra work as any redundancy payout would be based on my salary. That I thought fair enough, but I told them that I calculated there was a pro rata difference of £X per month between his job and mine and I would like a bonus. I also managed to get an extra chunk (the same amount, pro rata), when they moved the end date back.

It helped a lot that I was a member of the union, and also that I had spoken to my (very co-operative) boss about money and so on, when he got wind that this was about to happen. A union rep could sit in on meetings with your DH and do the talking so your DH doesn't have to...

It's also worth mentioning that, while a job is being done, the person doing it will be in a strong position, as it would be an IMposition for them to finds someone to cover it!

It can be done, and without hard feelings. I'm quite happy with how it worked out, and with the fact that I asked. So good luck!