Fed up, lost my way

[wfhmumoftwo]

I have been with my current company 10 years now. I used to love it but i work for a global company which has undergone many many regorganisations and various outsourcing/offshoring activities during that time. Due to this i have held several roles, and have ended up in an area which i wouldnt really have applied for. I am based in UK when 99% of the team i support are based in the US. This makes it very difficult to stay engaged, up to date, and connected into the business and lots of evening calls are put into my diary. I can;t (and wont) spend every evening on calls. Personally i am not 100% convinced of the need for the role, and even if it was justified i think it should be based in the US where the rest of the team sit.
There are realistically no jobs in the UK ofice that are suitable for me as we have a very small skillset still based here. I work remotely the majority of the time which in itself has added to the sense of isolation
I have tried talking to my boss (US based) about the practical challenges of the time zone but he just says i need to 'manage it' better. I would willingly take redundancy if offered.
Do you think that i have grounds to argue for redundancy at all?

You can certainly have a discussion with your manager, about not enjoying the role, and perhaps thinking it could work as well/better with someone based in the US, and even say that you would be happy to take voluntary redundancy.

But you have no right to insist on being made redundant. You have plenty to do, it's just your belief that it would be a sensible business decision to relocate the role. The problem with having that conversation is that if there is no business critical reason for moving the role to the US, your employer may just decide that's a good idea and wait for you to resign.

Thanks Flowery, I have had the conversation with my boss that i think it would be a better decision to have the role based out of the US...but i think you are right that they would rather i resign than make me redundant. Of course with 10 year tenure i would rather the opposite!

Does it make difference that my contract is still a UK one, stating hours 8-4.30 in a uk role? (even though the reality is i have not been doing this for some time now!)

Whatever you do remember the adage it's a lot easier to find a job while you're already in a job. If you want to move on think through what you want and get applying rather than resigning.