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Part time- being sidelined?

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Agwen · 09/09/2020 18:44

I've been part time (30 hours) in my current team for 5 years. 3 years ago I was asked to develop further into a company-critical specialism that I had a little background in and have done so with good feedback. Have also taken on responsibility for other smaller specialisms within our team. We are each a "go to" person for a number of specialisms.

A major piece of work for our business crosses all of our areas and has significant implications in each. My boss and a colleague are running that project and I am feeling very vulnerable - I am not being consulted about proposed changes in my areas, and am not being included in the decision making process so I can't give the project the benefit of my knowledge to help them determine appropriate courses of action. It's a case of "we've decided what you need to do. Off you toddle and get on with the grunt work, there's a dear. And by the way, all the timescales are really aggressive." The actions they have determined might actually be sound- but I don't know as I have only been given a very high level view of the project.

Other colleagues with responsibilty for similar critical specialisms are fully involved.

I feel like I am being demoted! I know this isn't AIBU, but AIBU?

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LouiseTrees · 09/09/2020 18:50

Can you ask why you are the only one not being allowed to input to the project?

Agwen · 09/09/2020 19:04

Apparently its because I'm the only one not "owning" one of the 5 workstreams, (even though one of them has the same title as one of my specialisms) and so I've not been involved at project steering board level. Plus I have been focused on another project and they apparently haven't wanted to distract me from that. Even though I have been delivering consistently on it and also scheduling meetings with them to get updates on their activity, which have been declined. Maybe it's just a case of poor stakeholder management from them?

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TooManyDogsandChildren · 09/09/2020 19:53

Yes I think it is being part-time. Happens to me quite a bit despite me being technically very senior. It pisses me off but I generally try to distance myself from it emotionally and TBH I like knowing that I could just walk away if it all gets too much since P/T salary is fairly crap.

Carolhh · 09/09/2020 22:54

I don't know if it's just me but I have experienced that sometimes full time staff can resent the part time staff. mainly cuz full time staff feel they are in the office longer. and part time ones have more free time available. few times collegues said to me can't apply for promotion cuz part time. so don;t let anyone put you donwn whatever the hours you are an equal to everyone else! best wishes

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