Not sure what to think about this, and mainly want to be able to talk it over and figure out how I feel before I get blindsided with it at work.
Currently on mat leave, and have just heard a colleague got a promotion I had gone for last year (went to another colleague). I had been hoping to be able to apply again for the next manager role that opened up (at the time I was encouraged to), now it's gone. I am pretty gutted about this, and feel pretty hurt that I apparently wasn't even considered. Or maybe I was, but had come second to this colleague when we were interviewed last year? At any rate, the first I heard about it was the announcement.
Regardless of whether it's true or not, I feel like I've missed out due to being on mat leave. I am not really sure what to do now: I don't want to go in wearing my heart on my sleeve "waah you left me out!", because I would feel like a fool, and think it would damage my relationship with senior management (which has always been pretty good). I do want to understand why, because I need to know when I return whether to forget the whole thing and pursue other opportunities. I did have rather a lot of "unofficial" authority and responsibility, so I don't know how all this will have changed my role. I don't really know how to ask "have you mummy tracked me?" without offending.
Any ideas, comments, suggestions for dignified ways to handle this?
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Not sure how to deal with this - on mat leave, passed over for promotion
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conflictedgeek · 13/05/2013 12:04
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