I have a new manager but I am not in a new job (iyswim, M’s the new one). There is an ongoing unresolved query over whether there is enough money in the budget to keep me full time. I am fully aware of this and had explored other options with previous manager. M is aware of all this.
M is very green and new, we get along but also can be very territorial. M over involves in lots of minutiae and makes rash decisions without considering them properly.
My job is not my ‘forever job’ and I have made it clear that I will want to progress at some point.
Someone more senior than M enquired re my availability and that they were interested in contracting me for 2 days a week to do a particular job. I want to do this job, am training for it and it would actually complement my current job - although I would have to reduce hours in job 1 to do job 2. The jobs would mesh well and benefit everyone overall as part of the overall direction of travel. It would also solve the issue of not enough money in the budget for me full time perfectly.
Manager immediately ruled me out stating that this would put too much pressure on their own job, due to other factors which have nothing to do with me. I have also watched M sabotage other things for similar reasons.
I see this as bloody ridiculous. I could be left with half a job if they go and contract someone else to the new post, so much so I feel like just dumping M in it and getting a new job. I tried to talk to M and they shut me down and said it was non negotiable!