rschroeder1977
28-11-2009, 04:49 PM
I have been in HR for about 6ish years and never come across one like this before and unfortunately it pertains to myself so I need some advice.
I was hired just over a year ago to take on the HR Manager role for a national company which was in a time of change due to growth. They sold me on the role as I wanted something more strategic and challenging and thats what I was told it would be. Once I commenced the role it became apparent only after a few weeks that what I signed up for wasnt what I was going to be doing and it was mostly recruitment based. As I believed they wanted someone with a different scope in the role I put my head down and tried to make changes within the organisation. After six months and only ever having 1 meeting with my boss the MD where he proceeded to tell me I was too outspoken or to be exact "I had a big mouth" I began to realise this wasnt the role for me. I had also at this point in time come to realise that the culture of the company was negative and toxic and it was impossible to get staff to stay due to the culture and the lack of competitive salary.
The past two months have been particulary tough as we have numerous unfilled vacancies, an embargo on recruitment agencies and a constant stream of unhappy staff complaining to me about the management and their crappy salaries.
I send the MD an email outlining my issues and I get a vague response from him that he will not increase base salaries unless the operations manager gives imput on the matter. So I forward the response on and await a response from either of them. The ops manager and myself do not see eye to eye as the ops manager is the main instigator of the staff general unhappiness and is an outright bully to the staff and I have pulled them up on that on numerous occasions which has also been to my detriment as I have questioned the inappropriate management style and you shouldnt speak out.
To cut a long story short I get summoned to the second meeting with the MD in just over a year (great mentor that one) and he tells me I am incompetent for suggesting the salaries are not attractive enough and I should consider where I want to work cause there have been complaints about me. When I question as to who has made the complaints I get the 'thats not important response' so I respond with 'a statement like that should not be made if it cant be backed up'. I know it was the ops manager who made the complaint as unfortunately for meI am a target cause I dont agree with the culture.
So I decide time to get out and begin looking for another job. Looking on seek I see my role advertised under a recruitment agency banner with a different title. I have not been through any formal warning/performance management process nor have I resigned. I feel I am going to be made redundant in the not too distant future so they can get rid of me. I want out anyway but what if any options do I have right now??
I dont see it as a genuine redundancy as they still have a need for the role and they have played down the responsibilities of the new role so they will say I am overqualified and cant be redeployed. Just out of interest I am the 4th HR Manager the company has ahd in 2.5 years and have stayed the longest.
Financially I need to stay until I land another job but my confidence in my own abilities has been so smashed I am considering getting out of HR altogether. I never had any of these types of issues in my previous role (only left it cause I moved interstate for family reasons) and my working style is no different.
Can they legally advertise my job before I have resigned or been terminated?? Also any other suggestions on how to handle this would be great!!
I was hired just over a year ago to take on the HR Manager role for a national company which was in a time of change due to growth. They sold me on the role as I wanted something more strategic and challenging and thats what I was told it would be. Once I commenced the role it became apparent only after a few weeks that what I signed up for wasnt what I was going to be doing and it was mostly recruitment based. As I believed they wanted someone with a different scope in the role I put my head down and tried to make changes within the organisation. After six months and only ever having 1 meeting with my boss the MD where he proceeded to tell me I was too outspoken or to be exact "I had a big mouth" I began to realise this wasnt the role for me. I had also at this point in time come to realise that the culture of the company was negative and toxic and it was impossible to get staff to stay due to the culture and the lack of competitive salary.
The past two months have been particulary tough as we have numerous unfilled vacancies, an embargo on recruitment agencies and a constant stream of unhappy staff complaining to me about the management and their crappy salaries.
I send the MD an email outlining my issues and I get a vague response from him that he will not increase base salaries unless the operations manager gives imput on the matter. So I forward the response on and await a response from either of them. The ops manager and myself do not see eye to eye as the ops manager is the main instigator of the staff general unhappiness and is an outright bully to the staff and I have pulled them up on that on numerous occasions which has also been to my detriment as I have questioned the inappropriate management style and you shouldnt speak out.
To cut a long story short I get summoned to the second meeting with the MD in just over a year (great mentor that one) and he tells me I am incompetent for suggesting the salaries are not attractive enough and I should consider where I want to work cause there have been complaints about me. When I question as to who has made the complaints I get the 'thats not important response' so I respond with 'a statement like that should not be made if it cant be backed up'. I know it was the ops manager who made the complaint as unfortunately for meI am a target cause I dont agree with the culture.
So I decide time to get out and begin looking for another job. Looking on seek I see my role advertised under a recruitment agency banner with a different title. I have not been through any formal warning/performance management process nor have I resigned. I feel I am going to be made redundant in the not too distant future so they can get rid of me. I want out anyway but what if any options do I have right now??
I dont see it as a genuine redundancy as they still have a need for the role and they have played down the responsibilities of the new role so they will say I am overqualified and cant be redeployed. Just out of interest I am the 4th HR Manager the company has ahd in 2.5 years and have stayed the longest.
Financially I need to stay until I land another job but my confidence in my own abilities has been so smashed I am considering getting out of HR altogether. I never had any of these types of issues in my previous role (only left it cause I moved interstate for family reasons) and my working style is no different.
Can they legally advertise my job before I have resigned or been terminated?? Also any other suggestions on how to handle this would be great!!