I’m upset about this, but not sure if I’m being oversensitive and unreasonable. I’m a manager with a small team dealing with a very specific area of responsibility within the organisation, have been in the role for a number of years and have always reported to the director of the department. We have had a re-organisation and a ‘head of *’ has been appointed who is now responsible for my area and some other responsibilities. I will report to her, she will report to the director. I don’t feel great about it, because it does look like a demotion on the organisation chart, however I’m told that it’s a reporting line change and I understand that since my job title and salary are unchanged it’s something I will just have to put up with, even though an announcement has now been made to the effect that this person is now responsible for the specific area for which I have always had ultimate responsibility.
My real concern is that my new boss is definitely rolling up her sleeves and taking over responsibilities which I see as mine, talking about ‘we’, taking the lead on things like organising meetings which I would have dealt with before, very much gearing up to have hands on involvement. We have already had a few awkward moments. It feels like my responsibility is being eroded and undermined. Is this a demotion? It feels awful, I’m very low about it and seriously considering resigning.
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Onthescrapheap · 28/05/2015 18:57
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