Is this right

[Ginger26]

I recently applied for an internal transfer in work and moved to a different branch last week. After 2 days I have realised the commute is far too much. I spoke to my manager regarding this and explained I think I have made a mistake and is it possible to go back to my old branch. I have since been told I cannot do this and my only options are to reduce my hours there or apply for flexible working.
My issue is the new branch is more hours and the terms in the contract are different than my last one.
I have never been shown or told about this contract up until now. I have also not signed a new contract. They have told me the application to transfer was accepting the terms (which I have not seen)
Does anybody know if this is right?

Sounds a bit confusing. Did you not know how long the commute would be before agreeing to the transfer? Why did you want the transfer if it's a much longer commute?

It is quite normal that if you voluntarily ask for an internal transfer the company can make you an offer based on different terms and conditions (different hours, different pay etc) - this doesn't necessarily have to be in writing and you don't have to physically sign anything to accept, but it's a bit odd that you were totally unaware this was part of the offer. Did you not have any documentation at all around your transfer? Were you assuming it was on a like for like basis, and can you point to any evidence to back up that assumption? Is there anything on your staff intranet or in your staff handbook about the policy around transfers? Anything about trial periods for internal transfers (there may well not be, trial periods usually only apply in cases of redeployment as an alternative to redundancy)?

I do think you might be in a bit of a sticky position here, you may be able to argue the toss regarding the hours and T&Cs but I don't think you're likely to be able to go back to your old branch, particularly if they've already made arrangements to cover your old job... you might need to just wait it out and look out for opportunities back at your old branch?

I suspect that the new hours is a bit wrong, I mean of course you should have been consulted about new hours, did you sign anything regarding the transfer?
Are you part of a union or do you have an HR department? If so I'd try to get in touch with either or both to get some CV clarity about the situation.
NB this happened to me once & (I wouldn't recommend this by the way!) I didn't like my new office & team so I just started going back to my old office, HR got involved & in the end I just stayed there, this was in public service & much harder to get rid of employees, most jobs you wouldn't get away with that though!