Hi there
Today, I have just pulled a sicky for the first time in my life, because i was so angry that I had to leave at 10.30am to prevent myself from resigning, or being sacked...
I went back to work in Jan, after 6 months mat leave. I went back because it was supposed to keep my career going, because I love[d] my job and the people I worked with were great, and because they practically begged me to. While I was gone, they took on an unqualified 'young girl' [oh, I'm so old at 30!] to cover some of my work.
But even now that I'm back, she's still there, and is still doing part (all the best bits) of my job. I have been asking for my responsibilities back, but have been told that she should keep doing them, as "she knows what she's doing". So do I! I used to do it! And other bits of my work still depend on the bits she's doing.
Now there's a really good permanent position coming up in-house. It's almost exactly what I used to do in a previous job, and I know I had an excellent ref from that job. Today it was suggested that i don't even apply for this perm position, seeing as i only want to do 4 days a week. I have to "think about what i really want", ie this new job, or my 4 day week. Guess who's being trained up for it? Unqualified new person. Guess how many days a week she works? FOUR!!! Bizarrely, my boss still seems to really like me, and is always asking how my baby is, so, at least to my face, she doesn't seem to have an issue with me having been on mat leave etc.
So what should I do? Currently I'm working part-time, like I wanted to, it's local and fairly well paid. But - what's left of my duties are boring as hell, I have no responsibilities, no career progression, and no input into projects etc. it's very hard not to equate being underused with being undervalued. If it's not helping my career, should I bother keeping going, seeing as 1/2 my take home pay goes on the childminder anyway. We could just about manage on one wage, but there would be no saving up for a deposit, so we'd never be able to buy a house. I have to get this sorted, because it's really eating me up inside.
Grateful for any advice...
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Bigmerlin · 24/03/2005 12:03
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