AIBU or paranoid or both with the pickle I'm in?

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Sorry to bombard you all with my brain dump.

I've returned to work after 12 months off with my son. Before leaving my company to go on maternity I secured a promotion into a new role that was created for me which in turn brought a higher level/grade and salary. Whilst I was off I've had 3 managers and now ive returned to work my whole role appears different.

The structure of the company has changed so my level/grade that distinguished me from the others in my team has disappeared so we are now all at the same level which im really angry about as I worked so hard to get my promotion. Now ive returned it appears I'm starting from scratch again and working from the bottom up and not being allowed to do the work I had scoped for my role. In addition, the projects that are happening aren't being allocated to me as I work part time.

I'm confused really around whether I just need to accept this and deal with it or whether actually someone should have formally told me my role was different. My position wasnt backfilled when I was on maternity, a new team was created so I'm not sure if in effect there should have been some consultation.

The other thing to make it trickier is that I was involved with my manager before I left and I'm paranoid that hes trying to oust me and steer work away from me.

Do I just need to man up and get over all of this?

Has the company 1 changed your job title, description and duties 2 changed your salary

and/or

has it done the same for others as it did for you ie promoted others to your level?

12 months you have to come back to a suitable role not the same role. Unless you can argue your new role isn't suitable.

hairylights - none of my details have changed such as job description etc. The rest of my team were a lower level/grade and since they scrapped the grading system we are all now at the same level but my understanding is that the other peoples salaries haven't changed. It feels to me as though rather than the rest of the team being brought into line with the level I was at I've somehow been demoted and lost the thing that showed I'd already proven myself. I dont want to sound as though I think I'm too good to be banded with the rest of the team, my issue is that I worked all the hours I could before I went on maternity to get my promotion and deliver what I needed to for the business and I seem to have lost that promotion now I'm back.

Grevling - I remember reading that somewhere so I guess I'm just going to have to suck it up.

How do I stand around work allocation and being told I can't do it as it needs full time resource. Is that allowed? I assume that if they can prove that it is a full time project they're within their rights to do it. My concern is when I have my review that I won't be able to be rated as I'm going above and beyond because I won't have the opportunity to do the work and my manager has to sign off even the tiniest bit of work I want to do

Yes they can allocate whatever work they like to whoever they like.

Did you work part time before your mat leave?

flowery - I worked full time before I left

Thanks everyone for answering my random post. I just feel like they're trying to get rid of me. From the sounds of it I'll just have to deal with it

Well that's half the problem then. You are entitled to either your job or a suitable alternative on your same terms and conditions when returning from maternity leave, however you don't have an automatic right to a 'suitable' role on the new hours you've requested.