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A Change Is Gonna Come
Nov. 24th, 2011 04:38 pmMark, our section manager, called all our team into the breakout area mid-morning for a news briefing. Melissa's reign as acting line manager is to end after Christmas, as a permanent LM is coming, Maria. I don't know her, but Demelza, Mel and Bev all do and they enthused "She's lovely!" "Not that Melissa isn't lovely," Bev rushed to add.
The other bit of news was that, with my impending departure to Milton Keynes, a redeployee will be joining the team to replace me. Mark had called me over for a private chat beforehand, to let me know that if the new lady arrives before my start date for my new job comes, we'll be allowed to work on the team together until I do leave.
Only Mel knew the new lady, and not that well at that. Demelza loudly voiced her disapproval of someone new, who'd have to be trained, being recruited, while I, who already know the job, hadn't been offered the chance to stay in my current post permanently. Mel agreed that the decision was "rubbish". Mark said he totally agreed - "You're preaching to the converted." He said he and Bob, our head of division, had lobbied long and hard to their superiors and to HR, making out a case for making my job permanent, but to no avail. The staffing strategy was set in stone - at my current workplace I would have no future beyond December 2012 except in the Shitpool. Demelza suggested chaining me to my desk on the last working day of 2012. Not my favourite way of spending Christmas, but nice thought...
Demelza complained that "they make exceptions when it suits them". After the meeting was over, she called me over and showed me a couple of paragraphs in the Staffing Strategy that she thought gave me a case for an appeal for permanent status, and urged me to go to the union and make a noise. On close scrutiny, alas, the bits she was talking about refer to external recruitment, not internal; and another section made it clear that redeployees took precedence over staff seeking promotion. Game over. On the whole I think Demelza's more upset at the thought of my leaving than I am...
The other bit of news was that, with my impending departure to Milton Keynes, a redeployee will be joining the team to replace me. Mark had called me over for a private chat beforehand, to let me know that if the new lady arrives before my start date for my new job comes, we'll be allowed to work on the team together until I do leave.
Only Mel knew the new lady, and not that well at that. Demelza loudly voiced her disapproval of someone new, who'd have to be trained, being recruited, while I, who already know the job, hadn't been offered the chance to stay in my current post permanently. Mel agreed that the decision was "rubbish". Mark said he totally agreed - "You're preaching to the converted." He said he and Bob, our head of division, had lobbied long and hard to their superiors and to HR, making out a case for making my job permanent, but to no avail. The staffing strategy was set in stone - at my current workplace I would have no future beyond December 2012 except in the Shitpool. Demelza suggested chaining me to my desk on the last working day of 2012. Not my favourite way of spending Christmas, but nice thought...
Demelza complained that "they make exceptions when it suits them". After the meeting was over, she called me over and showed me a couple of paragraphs in the Staffing Strategy that she thought gave me a case for an appeal for permanent status, and urged me to go to the union and make a noise. On close scrutiny, alas, the bits she was talking about refer to external recruitment, not internal; and another section made it clear that redeployees took precedence over staff seeking promotion. Game over. On the whole I think Demelza's more upset at the thought of my leaving than I am...
