I work for a small independent company that's been doing very badly for the last year or so, while I was on maternity leave. I am due to go back next week but they recently phoned me to say they were 'introducing 10% pay cuts' for employees my level, including me.
I wasn't actually ASKED if I agreed but basically told, this is what's going to happen. AFAIK this is not on so I requested a meeting, explained that I was not happy and that I would like to get something in return if I am to agree to this pay cut, such as reduced hours or at the very least, as a token gesture, and extra day's holiday.
My bossed took very long to get back to me, then finally today I got an email saying no, we are not going to give you any additional holiday.
My pay is supposed to be cut from 1 March and they haven't even sent me an agreement to sign yet.
I am majorly pissed off and feel like telling them that thanks but no thanks, I will NOT volunteer to have my pay cut, and then see whether they dare make me redundant on the back of that.
Also, if they don't send me an agreement to sign before 1 March but then try to cut my pay from 1 March, I would love to take them to court over breech of contract.
But then I probably won't have the energy to do so
What would you do in my situation?