Some of you may remember that recently I had a thread saying I was going part time (4 days a week) and how happy I was about it. They have now decided that I am not going part time and I'm not sure what to do.
Basically I agreed with them last year that I could go part time as I have a young child and my job is v stressful, involves lots of travelling etc. I also felt I was missing out on dd's development and wanted to see more of her. Once they had agreed the new conditions I was going to sort out a date, then fell ill with Glandular Fever and was basically off work on and off from last November until the end of May.
Now I have gone back to them to organise this, they have back tracked and said that they want me to continue full time as they are very busy. To add insult to injury, when I came back from illness my boss's boss called me and said did I want to go 4 days a week to help ease me into it (of course when we were quiet....grrr). I said I would think about it and 3 weeks later called my boss and said yes, I would like to, partly because of my illness and partly to see dd more.
He then stalled getting back to me for ages. I finally spoke to him this am and he said that as we are busy (and I am one of the more senior people of whom they are rather short at the moment) he would rather I continued full time and reviewed it in a few months
I pointed out that it had been agreed previously and also that I was partly doing it to ensure that I was in a fit state to work and that I wouldn't get exhausted and end up going off sick again because I was over worked and travelling too much.
He said that if I do get ill we can review it again. So I reluctantly agreed but said that I am very unhappy about this. There are a couple of other factors - there have been a raft of redundancies in the last month and I don't want to rock the boat too much, plus they were very good to me when I was ill and paid me full time so I feel that maybe I should agree to this because of that, give a bit back IYKWIM.
On the other hand, THEY made the redundancies so why should I suffer because their resource planning is up the chute? Plus there are a number of other people who work part time, one has just been allowed to go part time (single, no kids) because she has IBS. Several of them don't have kids but still work 4 days a week.
NOW
I wonder should I send him and his boss (both of whom I am quite matey with) an email registering my annoyance, and effectively saying "Well if I have to go sick again don't blame ME" sort of thing (to cover my arse). Or do I just agree to do this graciously (ish) and then use it as a stick against them later? I know that I can insist on these hours, my boss has said as much.
In the meantime my little baby will be 2 next month and time is slipping away.....
HELP!!