I do a quite specific role in the nhs. I am due to go back this autumn and in march i requested part time. First of all I asked for 3 days via be official hr form and my manager said no! I then said how about 2.5days as I was willing to be flexible and thought a 0.5FTE would make it easier for them to recruit a job share. My manager then phoned me up and said would I consider 2 days as it would be easier to recruit a job share for 3. I sighed and said okay.
The next time I speak to him he tells me that the 3 day job is now a higher pay band than mine and a manager job! So I said well it's not a job share anymore is it? He said no! But I can still only have 2 days cos he needs the money to make the 3 day job a higher band his reasoning is it will be easier to recruit for the 3 days if it's more money. The worst thing is he is offering it to my mat cover who has even less experience than me!
Anyway I am resigned to the fact that I asked for part time and I am getting what I wanted. But at the same time feel like I have been talked down to 2 days and a bit sad about this situation. I would love to be a higher band and I want 3 days. I haven't asked if I can apply. Haha. Not sure that will go down well.
But when I explain this situation to my friends they say I am being discriminated against. I guess I am in a way but is this just how the cookie crumbles when you have a baby?
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hideandsqueak · 27/08/2014 10:31
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