To be really pissed off with work.

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I currently do a job on a secondment. I've been doing it for two years now. Its slightly complicated but I'm the only person in my organisation with responsibility for two different aspects of work. So half of my job s taken up with Role a and half Role b, but they're connected.

In my interview the talk and questions was all about Role a and I was led to believe that's what the job was about, with a bit of role b. it started off like that but Role b has kind of expanded and I have to do that most of the time now at the big boss's request. So role A has been a bit neglected.

I've been off work sick for three weeks but am going back straight after NY. Am never normally off. Saw a colleague the other day who said that there's an internal ad at work for a secondment for Role A.

Popped in to the staff room and sure enough there is. Closing date was Xmas eve, interviews tomorrow. So that's been sewn up in the few weeks I've been off. Its only a short term secondment of six months.

But I feel its my role/my work. Main boss obv wants me to concentrate n Role B and he's told me in the past I'm very good at it, he's very impressed with me, etc.

But I'm furious that there's been no discussion, no one has asked me which role I'd rather do, etc. I actually enjoy Role A better and am sad that life will all be about Role B now.

I'm seriously thinking about jacking in my seconded job. I have a permanent contract of a different role and am thinking of returning to that. I think management will be pissed off with me but I really don't feel like keeping doing it anymore.

I think I'd ne hacked off about the lack of communication here too.

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The fact that it's all been done while you've been off would make me feel as you do.

Maybe they panicked about your being off and didn't know how long that'd be. Don't cut your nose to spite your face. Do what you need for your career.

No, they knew how long I'd be off for. Its a set time thing after a small op.

Part of me thinks I should stay doing what I'm doing for my career.

The other part of me thinks that I need a better life/work balance.

If I went back to doing what I used to do I'd drop a day a week so have more free time. I'd actually end up with the same amount of money as I'd get more unsocial payments. Downside is having to work nights and weekends but they've started to push for me to work more weekends and evenings as part of my secondment.

Money isn't really an issue anyway. But I do feel like I'd like to drop my hours back to part time. But any career would be over I think. Certainly while this boss is here. Moving to a different company isn't an option. Is the only one in this field for 40 miles.

Certainly the lack of communication about this would make me very cross indeed. The thing is though to use it as an opportunity - 'As you've gone ahead and made this change without my input, I thought it would be a good time for me to talk to you about my own goals and aspirations'

Any boss worth their salt will realise they've made a fuck up, so use it to your advantage.

I think they'll just say again how pleased they are with the work I've been doing in Role B. but I just don't really enjoy Role B, I could cope with it as I had Role A to keep me going but now that's been taken away I really don't feel like doing it anymore.

Two years is a long secondment. Are they expecting you to go back to your original role soon anyway?

No, they've been saying for the last six months that its going to get made permanent. That they'll have to advertise it but not to worry as the jobs mine, etc.

They also said that they thought they'd advertise two positions as I had too much work. I always thought that when I got a second person I'd concentrate on Role A and the other person could do Role B.

However the work for Role A will now come to an end in six months time which is why its now a short dated secondment. But it does make more sense for me to do that work as its quite specialised and requires knowledge /getting up to speed with it which at the minute no one else in the company has. I have told this to my immediate boss who agrees. But the main boss doesn't really value Role A and doesn't want me doing it.

I suppose I should be happy that the main boss wants me doing the work which they consider more important. I'm just hacked off that its all been done behind my back. Immediate boss will be apologetic and see my point but her hands are tied. Main boss won't give a shit.