After ten years in my current role, they decided to change it by announcing it in an org meeting without telling me or even mentioning it to me it in advance. And as for “hey we will help you find a similar role, you ve been here 25 years afterall!” - no, they did not.
When I think about it I still get very cross.
Always worth remembering your work does not care about you. It does not define you. It pays you. That’s all.
@GrantMeStrength they changed the definition of your role without telling you, and then announced the change in a public forum?
These are not serious people.
A long while back, I decided to depart an employer when it wasn’t really a good fit anymore; a younger colleague (think 1 year out of college) said to me,
“I guess I consider myself to be more loyal.”
I suggested he remember that sentence when he gets laid off from some job at some point in the future. He was, in fact, laid off from the very same employer a few months later.
Cynicism is one thing AI will not take from me…
@GrantMeStrength ugh I know *exactly* how that feels...
(not in the role nearly as long though. about a year...)
@GrantMeStrength my work emailed today (I've taken the day off) to say that the "recommendations" of the review of my department and others doing similar work will be presented to all relavent staff on a day that I will be on leave (I am on leave that entire week, many other affected staff do not work on that particular day)
This review has taken about 2 years, with less and less communication from above as time went on, the manager of my team has been excluded from any meetings regarding this review for at least 6 months.
The main agenda has always appeared to be, how can we make these positions generate income? (We are not a for profit organsation)
Everyone in my team is burnt out and demoralized.
Management do not care
@GrantMeStrength I've been doing this job for 16 years on rolling contracts, was a permanent employee before that & refused to resign from the "substantive" positions which no longer exists, as there has never been a budget provided for our team (or the broader 'department' we come under where my "substantive" position sits)
Management have repeatedly said(many different managers over 15 years) that our work is valued, and that they are working to make our roles permanent...
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