Not really aibu but need advice/rant. I've never been in this situation before so not sure on appropriate course of action. have nc.
Worked for company for aprox 10 years. On the whole I love my job. I work in a department with1 other person, my manager. The role of the dept is very mis understood, we get asked to do alot of things that aren't necessarily our responsibility.
A while ago i was asked to cover a role in another dept along side my role as the only person in that dept was off sick. It started as a simple task which i could do along side another task i did, which escalated in to something much bigger and i ended up fixing a lot of mistakes. I put a lot of work into doing this along side my main role. I didn't realise at the time this other role is on a pay scale higher than mine.
I had to go on medical leave for a short period of time, the company was aware of this and had been for a long time. Once i returned to work i carried on both roles - the second role still needs some work but since fixing the mistakes the work load has been reduced again.
I then had a set back in my recovery and had to take a week off. Then caught covid (whilst off) so had to take another 6 days on top 9 working days in total - the set back was a fluke thing thay was nit caused by anything i did or didn't do but did happen at work. I've gone back to work and my manager has quit. I'm now in my dept on my own and still covering the other dept.
Hr then call me in for a meeting and have put me in a stage 1 warning for time off.
The meeting was presented as a discussion about going on to stage 1 if i had more time off, but when i got there i was blind sided and they've put me on the stage 1. Is this right? I'm so irritated by this and have told them i am going to appeal the decision, I'm also contemplating writing to them to say i will no longer be covering the role in the second dept (i am not contracted to this role or have anything written to say i work in this dept) but I'm worried im cutting my own nose off.
Wwyd?