Hi. I am an aibu regular who has namechanged..., I originally posted this in aibu but thought here might be more appropriate.
Some time ago I was awarded a secondment to a higher paid position in my place of work.
We had a belt tightening exercise where all secondments were ended and a lot of people were made redundant. I then got pregnant and had a year out.
Prior to returning I was invited to an interview for another promotion, this time with a permanent contract.
I attended the interview with one other candidate and was told that I had done very well and had I been available for a full time postition I would have been successful but as I can only offer three days per week I wasn't successful.
There was a lot of politics around this and I just went with it as had other things going on.
I returned and successfully interviewed for a sideways move which has no extra pay attached.
In my mat leave absence our financial situation changed.
Another colleague (X) was given a secondment without having to interview. She is a good work friend and I had no beef regarding this as it happened whilst I was on Mat leave.
Her secondment ends at the end of the month.
Other colleagues had interviewed for promotion and secured permanent contracts.
X told me in strict confidence that senior management are desperate to keep her on so the next promotion that comes up is hers (without interview)
Despite feeling peed off about this I (sort of) shrugged it off but today I overheard a convo where the senior told X that she is keeping an eye on the budget and it?s looking very promising for X?
They obviously thought that they were alone in the room as i sit around the corner in a very large open plan office.
Am I being unreasonable in that It makes my blood slightly boil? It ?seems? really unfair and unjust to me & actually goes against our policy of equal ops employment rights etc etc
But its kind of how this company operates historically (not that I am excusing it)
I don?t want to cause awkwardness (especially now I have a shiny new job which is not a promotion but is triple my previous workload) It would be ?not worth it? if there wasn?t a huge payrise attached and there should be some sort of queuing system, maybe I lost my place when I chose to procreate? But?I did go through the full interview process in September and I?m pretty sure that dear colleague didn?t go through a similar process.
I am always saying hey-ho and pushing things to one side because when I do take action there is usually a fall-out of sorts? but i feel that I would be raising a valid point: if there is a vacancy it should be advertised.
I was thinking about raising it in supervision I need to work out what I want to achieve from the exchange.
Do you think that I have a point? And if so how should I address it?
Thanks
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dontupsettheapplecart · 20/06/2013 17:18
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