Pissed around at work. Advice needed.

daveg

I work for a multinational as a technical training coordinator. We recently went through some reorganistional changes and I moved to a new department with a new manager. Basically I now report to a technical teamleader who is responsible for calibration, spares and training (with myself and another college (spares) reporting to him). Our technical teamleader is in charge of all calibration schedules and issues etc.

Our Technical Teamleader reports to the plant Technical manager who has responsibility for 5 technical teamleaders including our manager (still with me?). 4 of these Technical teamleaders look after production, and then there's our teamleader (spares, training, calibration).

Anyway one of the managers has taken a leave of absence for approx 3 months (I hear on the grapevine he is actively looking for a new job in the this time so it maybe a permeant leave), and instead of moving one of the teamleaders in charge of production to cover his role (each of the 4 have the same job and 1 of them is free as his project has just finished) they have moved our teamleader into the production role and moved the other, spare, production leader into our managers role. Sorry if this is hard to follow but it's all relative. Our new teamleader has not started yet but will probably start next week. He will not have a clue of calibration or spares.

Here is the issue. The Technical manager came to me last week and asked if I would send out a work list of items due for calibration for the next 12 weeks as I know who is trained. I said ok but now all Calibration issues are coming to me. I spent at least 60% of my work week this week dealing with Calibration issues. Calibration was 50% of my managers job before he moved and now all his work load is being moved to me. This may change next week when the new teamleader comes on board but I have not been led to believe this from the Technical Manager. Our work place is notorious for dumping additional work loads on people for "a short length of time" which turns out to be forever.

Any advice?

AARRRGH

Sounds very annoying. But I am pretty sure your contract would state you must do other bits and pieces from time to time?

I would just grit my teeth and bear with it until the new teamleader comes on board. If the situation doesn't improve I think I would politely tell the Technical Manager I am overworked.

(Being overworked is the problem, right??)

daveg

dublindude wrote:

Sounds very annoying. But I am pretty sure your contract would state you must do other bits and pieces from time to time?

I would just grit my teeth and bear with it until the new teamleader comes on board. If the situation doesn't improve I think I would politely tell the Technical Manager I am overworked.

(Being overworked is the problem, right??)

Being overworked is one issue but he is asking me to do stuff wihch is completly outside of my contact. I'm responsible for training yet he has me looking after calibration. It'd be like him asking me to work in accounts for a while.

WhiteWashMan

what does your contract say?

and what exactly is the problem?
are you annoyed because youre doing a new role without the training, or is it something else?

AARRRGH

If you want a good future in this company, I would put up with it for a while.

(Imagine in your head what the aiming-for-the-ceo-job person would do - they would defo put up with it for a bit!)

Things could be worse

daveg

My main issue is that I'm qualified and hired to work in training. Now they expect to double my workload with a role that I have no knowlage of. It's not like a VB developer being asked to do some C++ coding. It's like asking a VB developer to work in HR for 3 days a week. I'll have to check my contract.

not looking for a good future in this company. Their a shower of ***** and it's not just this episode that makes me think that. You would not believe some of the shít that goes on in here.

Bogger77

daveg wrote:

not looking for a good future in this company. Their a shower of ***** and it's not just this episode that makes me think that. You would not believe some of the shít that goes on in here.

With that attitude, you'll go far!

Considering how small Galway is, based on your location, I'm guessing that's where you're based, you'd do well to remember that there's some one in every other company in Galway that knows you.

nesf

daveg wrote:

It's not like a VB developer being asked to do some C++ coding. It's like asking a VB developer to work in HR for 3 days a week. I'll have to check my contract.

In my time in sales I've been put doing everything from IT to HR etc. It happens. I personally prefer that than to be just pigeonholed in one job. Plus it looks good on a CV to have covered many roles while at a company. Shows that you have a broad skillset and are adaptable.

Have your hours increased? I could understand not wanting this.

Are they expecting you to do your normal job and the additional work in the same time you used to do your normal work in? i.e. expecting more work done in the same amount of time. I could also understand this bothering you.

If they are not, then yes you can kick up a fuss because it's not on your contract. Personally I wouldn't. I'd take on the new roles and gain some experience in them. But then I enjoy variety in my work and like having multiple roles.

Keeps me busy and such.