I’m 4 months into a 12 month external secondment (different organisation). Plan was to gain new skills (related field) and go back.
I’m hating it. The team dynamic is not for me. I’m used to being trusted to manage myself and my work. Here I am being micro-managed (alongside everyone else). It’s like being at school, I feel I never know where I stand. I find it irritating and totally unnecessary. Other colleagues feel the same. One colleague has totally shut themselves off from the team. There is no forum for discussing operational stuff, just emails ‘do [insert minor pointless task to prove you are working] - no excuses’. We cannot work smartly because we cannot be trusted so organise appointments later so seen to arrive at office first. Yet the manager swans in about mysteriously and leaves early to work from home while mistrusting us intently and being inconsistent. I was so busy one day last week but the manager upset a colleague so badly it took an hour of my time to be vaguely supportive of my colleague. There was a bullying issue recently against me which the manager left lingering while away - left me feeling terrible.
I went above in managers absence and it’s now sorted. Manager now back and has ramped up the micro-managing. For everyone. Seems extra insecure/mistrustful for some reason.
My MH is suffering now, I actually considered going to GP this weekend for anti-depressants. That is awful.
The thing is, there is no clause in the secondment contract for me to pull the plug. They can only get rid of me (pleeease). Silly me. I just didn’t think it would be like this!
Am desperately hoping they let me go at my probationary review. I know they won’t, what then? I don’t actually give a rats arse what my manager says at my probationary review. I only want a review because I want out! Or to figure out how to stick the bloody thing out.
If I could walk away I could get work in my old organisation elsewhere until going back to substantive post. There are eight long months left.
If I was on a contract I would walk with a week’s notice or a month, tops.
Wise MN’tters please how do I play this!
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NotLovinIt · 30/09/2018 00:05
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