I work 1 day a week. I agreed to cut my hours before I went off to mat leave, but I realised that I was going through bad prenatal depression and wanted to be at home so I agreed to going from 3 days to 1 day.
Now that I am back (I’m 1 year in), I realised it was a silly discussion. I did ask for extra hours but they said no.
They are realising the value of my role now (I’ve had to scream and shout about why comms is important - and 1 year of doing the bare minimum whilst I was on mat leave has made them realise my role brought in leads and awareness of the company!)
So I was given an updated contract last month. According to them the change is who I report to and confirming I work from home so I can claim expenses … but it is significantly different to my previous contract
- They have shared my role with 2 other people in the team. Both are clueless and rely on me. But yet one has become my manager and the other is doing a lot of the work I suggested
- It’s a demotion as my line manager has changed from CEO to manager
- They have removed my job description/responsibilities and have made it weaker so I could be doing anything
- Pay has gone down by £1000
A few more things that make me dispensable and shows my role has been downgraded.
I’m not part of a union. Work in the charity sector. I have been job hunting for a year + with no luck (interviews but don’t get the job - feedback is always I couldn't have done anything different but other candidates are that tiny bit stronger).
They are pressuring me to sign the contract but I’m struggling to know what to do next as I have stalled it (I mean it’s not that hard to do when your next working day is a week away).
AIBu for not signing it? Can I make a counter offer. Or ask them to change some bits.