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To hate my new job and my new manager? Angry rant!

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erja · 16/01/2019 17:20

Okay, this might be a complicated one to explain but I'll try and make it simple!

Got a new job 6 weeks ago. My job role was guaranteed to train me up to a certain level - say to do 10 different tasks (healthcare setting).

We got a new manager in 2 weeks ago - she's currently being trained by our former manager.
By this point, I'd learned about 3/10 different tasks that I was told I'd learn.

This week, the new manager has pulled me aside for a meeting and given me my 'new job role' and told me if I do well I'll get a pay rise? The new job role is basically the 3/10 tasks I've already learned but nothing else. They're very basic tasks (phone answering, healthcare forms) and I'm expected to sit on my own for 7 hours each day and do these repetitive things over and over, when prior to this, I was being trained in a fast paced environment, very customer facing, close team and starting to learn the 4th, 5th tasks (which were more complex).

I feel like I've just been whipped from everything I like about the job (fast paced, I like learning, career progression options, working in a team), and put on my own doing boring tasks that anyone could really do - I learned them within a few days - with no options to progress due to my 'new job role' being limited to these tasks.

I mentioned to my team before the end of today that I was going to speak to new manager and they told me to wait and speak to former manager as new manager is prepared to say no to me asking to move back to my original job role that I actually applied for!

Do I have a right to be raging here? How can a new manager come and just move someone from the role they're in to a role they don't want and then be prepared to say no when they say they don't want to do it?
I've loved my job before this week but have been miserable every day and feel completely stuck and like I'm not able to get back to my actual job which I enjoyed! I don't even know what to do!!!

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instasham · 16/01/2019 17:26

YANBU!

Speak to your former manager and your union if you have one/are in one

Chloemol · 16/01/2019 17:30

Have you got details of your new role in writing, what does your contract say? If it’s to do the 10 items I don’t believe the role can be changed without formal discussion with you and your union rep

Original poster
erja · 16/01/2019 17:32

@Chloemol I've got no contract, just a job offer letter detailing my hours, pay, uniform policies etc. I now have a piece of paper detailing my tasks for my 'new job role' though! Confused

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RadioGagga · 16/01/2019 17:34

That is ridiculous. Hope you get it sorted.

IntentsAndPorpoises · 16/01/2019 17:34

You do have a contact. In employment law there is no need for a written contract, a verbal contract is binding. This could be considered a change of contract which requires consultation and mutual agreement. I would challenge in writing, even better if you are in a union contact them.

IntentsAndPorpoises · 16/01/2019 17:35

Put in writing that you do not agree to what you consider a change of contract as there has been no consultation. State you would not have agreed to the contract on these terms, you agreed on the learning 10 things.

Original poster
erja · 16/01/2019 17:35

I'm off now until Monday but going to call in the morning and see if I can get a quick meeting with my former manager before the weekend - I'll drive myself mental with the frustration of this until next week!

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IntentsAndPorpoises · 16/01/2019 17:36

Can you email? You need to start a paper trail.

Original poster
erja · 16/01/2019 17:36

Is it acceptable to bring my toddler to a meeting like that to quickly put across my views? or am I just going to have to wait until next week?

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IntentsAndPorpoises · 16/01/2019 17:36

Is there a HR Dept?

Original poster
erja · 16/01/2019 17:36

@IntentsAndPorpoises good idea.

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instasham · 16/01/2019 17:37

@erja

No don’t take a toddler

YetAnotherUser · 16/01/2019 17:38

told me if I do well I'll get a pay rise

Make sure you get your new manager to commit to a timeline for this if nothing else.

And I'd probably start looking for another job.

JonSlow · 16/01/2019 17:58

You’ve been there a very short period of time. They can easily dismiss you without reason within the first two years, so I would be very careful about rocking the boat.

I’d look for a new job.

Eliza9917 · 16/01/2019 18:21

How do the other staff know that the new manager is prepared to say no?

I'd consider taking that up with HR.

Original poster
erja · 16/01/2019 18:21

It would feel strange looking for a new job when I've loved this one so much until now so I'll try and sort it out.

Plus, it took me a good few months of solid searching to find a job who fit so well with nursery hours and were flexible with me.

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Allthewaves · 16/01/2019 18:24

If it's nhs there should have been a detailed job description when you applied

HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 16/01/2019 18:25

Your job role can be changed at any time, (within your capabilities) business needs etc, technically it isn’t a new role, they’ve just made you responsible for specific roles within the business

I’m unsure why you “hate” the new manager Hmm in this you seem to be tantruming like a pertulant teenager.

I also don’t understand why your going to the old manager, she’s leaving, she Isnt responsible for the running of the department, the new manager is responsible for the management of the department.

You’ve also been employed under 2 years and technically they are dismiss you without any reason also.

IntentsAndPorpoises · 16/01/2019 18:26

Your job role can be changed at any time, (within your capabilities) business needs etc, technically it isn’t a new role, they’ve just made you responsible for specific roles within the business

Your contract can only be changed by mutual agreement.

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erja · 16/01/2019 18:28

@HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend old manager is still technically in charge until she leaves, as new manager is still in training.

It's just very frustrating to be told I'm going to be trained all x, y, z aspects, be on the way to getting certain qualifications, and then told I'm doing nothing but writing out forms with names/addresses and answering phonecalls.

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Guineapiglet345 · 16/01/2019 18:34

The old bait and switch! I hate it when this happens, if you can afford to then I’d threaten to quit over it or you’ll be stuck doing something you hate and find it harder to get a new job because the one you’re currently doing is do basic.

TedAndLola · 16/01/2019 18:41

A similar thing happened to me and I was made redundant soon after. It was all just an excuse to push me out.

Is it acceptable to bring my toddler to a meeting like that to quickly put across my views? or am I just going to have to wait until next week?

Do you want to look professional or not?

CoraPirbright · 16/01/2019 18:50

If you have no cover for the toddler then can you request a phone call or face time? I wouldn’t take a toddler to a professional meeting, no.

Original poster
erja · 16/01/2019 18:50

Just wasn't sure if it would be so 'professional' rather than me popping in just to voice my concerns as she went home early today!

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HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 16/01/2019 18:51

New manager is the new manager, technically old manager is just settling new manager in, but not “in charge” as such

Do you want to piss the new manager off by trying to go over her head?

I get that it’s frustrating, however the business comes first and new manager will have a different vision as to how she wants to lead the team.

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