To think HR’s reason is BS?

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Worked for a team for just over a year when I was training. Get along well with all team members. Boss likes me and thinks my work is good. Boss promised me a spot with the team once my training was complete.

Then just before the job offer was due to be released, my boss got replaced with an external boss. My boss still works for the company but the new boss was brought in as a new rung above him.

HR suddenly said they couldn’t give me a job because there wasn’t enough budget.

Now several months later, it transpires that someone will be joining the team at the level I was suppose to. That person used to work directly with the new boss at his old company… so HR’s reason smells like BS

YANBU OP, but you're pissing in the wind as far as taking it any further goes. I'd ask HR the awkward questions regarding the position that was, then wasn't, then was though, purely to annoy them. Then look for another job.

Definitely sounds like you've been usurped.

I mean you could ask if there was a fair and transparent recruitment process, but I’m not sure if there is any legal recourse if there hasn’t been. People get “appointed” all the time.

It’s the new boss you need to take this up with in the first instance. HR won’t be the department budget holder - that’s down to your new boss. HR will be telling you what he/she told them.

Have a conversation with the new boss and if you still aren’t happy, then look to raise a grievance.

Was the job advertised? I don’t see how the new boss can just ‘give’ a job to someone external without a HR recruitment process. If you were saying you interviewed for the role and an external candidate, who knows your new boss got the job over you then that’s much harder to argue with as you will just be told you were what they were looking for. But if the jobs not been advertised then you definitely have grounds to ask HR why it wasn’t and explain that if it was, you would have applied.

This.