Hi everyone,
I'm wondering if anyone knowns a little bit about this more than I do.
In September 2021 I left my job as a support worker to become a Team Leader at another company but same kind of organisation (support work/care). During my interview, I let the manager know I had a son who I am the primary carer of and is 5 years old. She reassured me we could work something out and I managed to be successful and got the job!
We were emailing back and forth, I was then asking the sort of responsibilities and hours I would have etc and luckily I got it all in writing: she said 19 hours would be office hours and 19 hours would be general support work. I was really glad, I had done support work in the past and was ready to learn new skills and take on more responsibility and essentially manage a team. She also (As stated in emails) said I could divide my office hours up over as many days as I liked - brilliant, exactly what I needed.
Brilliant, over the moon, right?! WRONG.
That manager left and went to another company and I spent a lot of time off sick. Upon my return to work and new manager, I was then informed that I do NOT get office hours as a team leader and that I MUST BE FULLY FLEXIBLE MONDAY TO SUNDAY as per my contract.
Clearly annoyed and frustrated by this, I forwarded the emails with the original manager onto the new manager but they said nothing can be done? I explained I would not have accepted this role under the impression I must be fully flexible and do not get office hours as I had no reason to leave my other job?
Where do I stand with this?