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AIBU I got bait and switched?

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Donotfitin · 30/03/2026 16:33

I just stated my new role, and everything was absolutely fine. During the interview they asked me if I had experience doing “x” and I said yeah no problem, as sometimes I’d have to help with that.

So today, day 1 - it turns out it’s a proper hybrid role and nobody has a clear explanation. I don’t meet my manager until tomorrow quite late in the afternoon and the meantime HR has just sign posted me to my manager.

I was on a call with someone earlier today and the first thing she told me was that she knew it was a “hybrid role” which I did tell her that I was news to me as I know it was more a “helping hand” but I had a core role.

She then cut the call short, but offered to ask HR, and said I’d do that myself.

So AIBU that it’s bait and switch?

for reference I would given the situation still take the role even though it would technically be a downgrade for me.

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KilkennyCats · 01/04/2026 13:59

Donotfitin · 01/04/2026 12:12

We’re technically not a startup! (2000 employees and 100 million ARR) .

I had a chat with one of the local leaders and he agreed I would be being wasted with that setup. So he said he’d have a chat so we can maximise my talents and maybe do the reverse of what my manager suggested.

I find it bizarre but not terrible, and most importantly salvageable.

Who is a “local leader” in the chain of command?

Donotfitin · 01/04/2026 14:02

KilkennyCats · 01/04/2026 13:59

Who is a “local leader” in the chain of command?

Head of operations, so tangential but does carry some weight.

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