I'm quite possibly cynical as I've had so many issues at various work places. I've been bullied out of three in a row over the last ten years.
I started my current job in January last year.
When I started, they were looking for someone to work either Mon-Wed, Mon-Thur or Mon-Fri. At the time I worked a Thursday elsewhere so I asked for Mon-Wed with a view to increasing to Mon-Thur once my contract ended with the Thursday job.
They said yes, but when they sent me the offer letter it also included the Friday. So Mon-Wed and Friday. I discussed it with them and said this was fine for now but could I change it to Mon-Thur once my Thur contract ended with the other company. They said they couldn't guarantee it but they'd do their best.
Anyway May last year my contract ended and I put in a flexible working request. One day before the deadline for a decision they told me they couldn't yet but would do it with the next cohort of new intake of staff.
That happened, and they didn't do it. They said they'd look at it again when more new staff were taken on.
Today my manager called me to a meeting with her and asked if I remembered some time ago being told that I was going to be audited. I didn't/don't remember this. Of course it is possible that I've just forgotten. I didn't believe so but possible.
I asked what was it about? But manager said she couldn't tell me and that there'd be a meeting with her and another manager tomorrow.
Of course I am feeling a bit dubious about this.
I asked about the flexible working request as a third cohort of new employees have been taken in very recently. She said 'Oh! You're meant to do a new flexible working request every three months!'
I said 'Well, I didn't know that. I was told you'd look at honouring it each time new staff were taken in, so was that not true?'
'Oh yes yes it was true, yes, we will still look at that just we couldn't do it this time. HR just need a form that's a recent request, for when it comes to it'.
I don't believe her.
Also, I said I'd do another form, no problem and after the meeting I downloaded one from the drive and went to fill it in.
It has a disclaimer on it stating;
'I declare that I am eligible to request and I meet the requirements as I have not asked for this previously in the past 12 months'.
How on earth is it that we have to request every three months but can't request if we've requested in the last 12 months?!
So, I put it to my manager in a zoom message and I got a fluffy apology saying something like 'Oh silly me! I got mixed up with a different request! You don't need to do a form!'.
I'm not sure how to handle this audit tomorrow.
I didn't know that I'd done anything wrong. Of course I make the odd mistake, we all do but I do my best despite it not being my dream job or anything, I'm careful and professional and okay at it, as far as I know.
I also think that they forgot alll about my flexible working request and were trying to wriggle out of it!
Paranoid perhaps but I've a feeling a scenario like with my previous jobs is happening all over again.