The company I work for has just been taken over by an American company. They have also bought another company based in the UK and we will be merging with them in the coming months and as a result there will be redundancies. We'll know the new structure by mid-late May hopefully and consultations will start from then.
The communication has been terrible and they've kept us in the dark throughout the whole process, but that's a different story. They just keep telling us that it's nothing personal, just business 🙄
My issue is that a pay rise for myself and others in the team was approved back in January by the previous HR director. This was suppose to start from April when the living wage increased (we only earn slightly over min wage, an extra £500-£600 a year).
We never received confirmation of this in writing. My manager just told me over the phone that my salary would be increasing to x amount, however a generic email was sent out last week explaining that only people earning min wage would see an increase for now and that the new HR director won't honour prior agreements. Pissed off to say the least and my manager didn't even tell us. I had to call him and ask if the email applied to us. He said he will check and let me know but that's probably the case.
What’s frustrating is that someone from our team is leaving in the next 2 weeks and we will be expected to pick up her work as we’re not allowed to recruit until the new structures in place, so our workload is increasing but our salary isn’t. I know there isn’t anything I can do and it’s our fault for not getting anything in writing. Makes me think they knew all along that this would happen.
Think I just need a moan!