I am utterly disappointed and devastated as i love my job.
I just informally spoke to my manager about returning in September after 11 months mat leave. Firstly she said it was too early, i have to sort childcare now however as i live in London and it is not in a good supply.
I requested a 4 day week like my boss and another manager (a fellow direct report but also her good friend). It was declined as she felt my team needed a FT manager. Honestly we have the same amount of experience, i just happen to have built the team over 8 years from just me. I filled out the form and sent it to her so we could have an informal chat about it. She called this morning and she just said she would reject it. No other alternatives. Thank you and have a good day.
I cannot afford 5 days childcare and i will miss my baby. The hours in the job are long as is in a City firm but most people work 9-5 , i just did longer previously. It just seems so unfair and has double standards.
She is not even open to discussion. I have never failed to meet objectives, and have managed to operate with an under resourced team for years, they are just at 100% now so i do not know where i can go from here?
Legally what are my options?
What on earth shall i do?
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4 day week return to work rejected - what do I do?
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tootsroots · 28/01/2016 09:03
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