Some background. I was originally employed as the receptionist at my workplace and I also provided administrative support to the Executive Assistant. 12 months later she married a doctor and no longer needed to work full time (lucky for some). So I was trained up to take over her role and was offered the role permanently when she went on long service leave. The CEO just adores her - she had been his secretary for 7 years so I knew I had some big shoes to fill. She came back part time (2 days per week) as the HR Manager and took that part of my new job description with her. Let?s call her DB.
The biggest event of the year is our annual general meeting. This event forms part of my job description as it involves a lot of planning and is heavily regulated. There is about 6 months of planning that goes into it. For the AGM 2 years ago, I was training for my new role so I only assisted DB with the planning. Last year, after taking over DB?s role of Executive Assistant, I carried the whole thing on my back and pulled off a flawless night. This year I have also been planning everything by myself.
Now DB has broken up with the Doctor and is suddenly out on her a$$. Because the CEO loves her so much, he instantly granted her full time employment again.
I was away from my desk for 3 days last week due to illness and I come back and my AGM file is gone and I have an email advising me that DB will be handling the AGM this year because she is back to full time. I am absolutely LIVID.
Looking at my job description now, two large parts of my job description have now gone to her (HR and AGM).
I had every intention of taking my job description to the Senior HR Manager this morning to seek some clarification but he is on annual leave this week. So now I am sitting here stewing. I am so p!ssed off!!
She can chop and change her hours as much as she pleases. They created a new role especially for her so she could work two days a week (she couldn?t possibly answer the phones) and now she can pick and choose what jobs she would like to do now that she is back full time. And this is our HR manager!!!
That's awful Amy, and SOOOOOO unfair! You have every right to be ****ed off! How can someone just take away part of your job, just like that? I'm so sorry - I hope your vent has helped you to calm down. Vent away if you need to - I'm happy to listen (or read).
But I'm wondering if it could also be a good opp for you to renegotiate your own job description. By that I mean that I see a job in terms of a list of achievements you can put on your resume. If you've already done the AGM and done it well once, well, it doesn't add much on your resume to have it there two, three or four times. Is there anything else in the company that needs doing that would enhance your own resume?
What they've done is really bad but maybe there's a silver lining in the cloud?
Is there anyone else you can speak to? A mentor? A senior manager? Get them on your side and explain (calmly) what's happened, and suggest that as the AGM is not very far away, it is best that you continue with the work for this year. Changing your JD around is pretty annoying, and they should go through some internal process to get it approved. Maybe talk to your union?
Are you on AWA? If you're not, then its harder for them to change your job. And if they use the excuse that your illness made it best to change the JD, that's discrimination right there - and you have grounds to pursue.
But that's MY job!!!
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