My boss took away my promotion

[SparklyPoster]

Shortly after starting a new job as a retail assistant I was promoted to supervisor. I had to complete online training and read the contracts, it was all quite official, and other members of the team were told. A few weeks after this I was told someone else is up for consideration but that I need to compete with this person to get the job.

a few weeks after this I see on the scheduling app that the other person got the supervisor role. My boss hasn’t even had the decency to tell me I didn’t get it. She also didn’t give me a fair chance, only teaching the other person the supervisor duties. Am I being unreasonable that this is unfair and how do I go about this.

Did you sign the contracts?
Who told the rest of the team?

Surely they have an official process to follow for internal promotions and can't just give someone the job willy-nilly?

No, I was told it needed to go to head office first, and my boss told the team

I think I'd still reach out to HR directly. It shouldn't have been mentioned to other team members if it was still in the informal offer stage. I also don't know why you'd be asked to read a drawn up contract if not to sign it.

Really they needed to make the vacancy open internally so anyone interested could apply. I don't think they've gone about it the right way at all.

Your company HR is there to protect the business - not you. I’d consider what you want the outcome to be before speaking to them. Try ACAS and see if they gave advice first.

Apparently they dont

I wonder if... when the team were told that the new supervisor kicked off because they have been there longer and you are new, and that they put pressure on the manager as a result... I don't know for sure, but the timing of having told the team (which they shouldn't have done until all of the paperwork was signed off) and the things changing seems very strange to me. You need to talk to your manager directly about how and why it played out the way that it did.

Everyone is new, it’s a new shop and the position was only offered as the original supervisor didn’t show up

This is now the 3rd thread you've started on this subject. Why do you keep asking the same question?

Well I have no clue then. You just have to ask.

because I posted in the wrong subject originally, and I’m asking for advice? What’s your problem?

look for another job, you can’t win in this scenario.