Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?
I have worked for a large organisation for 11 years. The past two have been particularly fraught as a number of restructures have seen many people leave. This “transform” programme has now reached our level, which is the more technical roles all with similar salaries and benefits.
The management has reviewed all our roles and submitted plans for new ones, with the expectation among us that they would be at lower grade and pay.
We have been told they will recruit into these posts, at the same time keeping us in our jobs, but if we were to leave they would not fill our vacancy, as our specific posts aren’t required. However, the new roles created are nearly identical with the same titles.
We have also been told we cannot receive redundancy as there is no money left, so we’re stuck in a kind of limbo working in a job they have made clear is surplus to requirements. How can we handle this situation?
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