I am training on the job for a professional role (don't want to be more specific than that for obvious reasons) and have been at my organisation for a couple of years in an unqualified post before deciding to qualify. My line manager has always been so supportive, praising my work and encouraging me to qualify. She has been more of a mentor really and her comments really increased my confidence and made me think I could do it.
As a trainee I am still part of her team but no longer report directly to her and don't really have as much to do with her, though she is still kept informed of how I'm doing. The training has gone well overall, though obviously there have been challenges. I'm also not the only trainee in the department and there are a couple of others who are slightly ahead of me in the process.
So the time has come to talk about renewing contracts and people being made permanent, or not, and the manager above my line manager has basically said there is unlikely to be an opening for me anytime soon. I was obviously so disappointed and in the course of the conversation she basically admitted that my line manager doesn't feel I'd be the one to keep if there are not posts for all the trainees, which it seems there won't be.
I'm so upset and feel so let down, as if she has led me along to do this just to drop me. I'm debating whether to speak to her about it and see if there is anything I can do to improve, but feedback from my course leader is really positive. What does anyone think? This has come out of the blue as I really thought I finally had a career plan ahead of me and now it's been ripped away by someone I trusted.