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I've heard of things like that happening. The sad reality of modern business is that someone several levels above us can look at a spreadsheet and just decide to rearrange our occupations and lives. Employers talk about how we're a family and all that, but when you get down to it, we are just cells on someone's spreadsheet.
Kindly let me know about the salary and job description?
Yes it happened to me. I was a salaried director reporting to the CEO. We got sold and I was demoted to a hourly coordinator position doing the same job! When I was told the CEO had zero concern about it and was like too bad. 26 years with company and I quit.
Wow I’m so sorry to hear that happened to you! Glad to hear that you moved on and knew your value.
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Yes, several times. It seems like the idea of how a business should run keeps changing "we need more leadership" vs "we need less distance/supervisors between the employee and the managers".
We hire supervisors and then a few years later they are back to this idea that having people between the employee and the manager of a unit is a bad idea. The issue is those supervisors get demoted and don't want to work bedside and then the manager can't handle the increased work load. So then hiring for supervisors occurs again.
It keeps happening and you would think someone would stop and say "we tried that before and it doesn't work"
Yeah it happened to someone I knew. It was a win-win situation for him though. The paycut was only a dollar and when the annual budget increase came which was a five percent raise he was making the same if not a little more than when he was a supervisor and had way less responsibilities.
That’s a side step way of getting someone to quit.
Yes, I’ve seen this happen during company restructures or downsizing. It’s tough for your coworker, similar to when departments merge and roles shift. While challenging, it can open new opportunities. Supporting your coworker during this transition is key as they adjust to their new role.
Most of the time people just don't stay when this happens
Where in the Hell has all this Principles gone in our World?
Yes during covid this happened to me, accept I was given the choice between signing a new contract with significant less money and more work. Or taking a separation, amicably.
I've heard of it happening and its really unfortunate. I think if it happened to me I would start looking for something else. I get the business has to do what is best for them but you have to do what is best for you too. I wouldn't want to take a demotion unless I got to keep my same pay haha.
Even with the same pay, it's tough to be work at the same level with people who reported to you before
Sure. By receiving less compensation for actual work performed. Many folks are doing their manager’s job for less compensation. This was just one instance where your company made that visible and should explain to staff that the transition is not due to her performance. Then ask what austerity measures they are taking?
Just hope she wasn’t a nasty manager!
No the opposite! She is wonderful and has a ton of great experience.
yes I had it happen to me this last march
And how you cope with it?
Yes, I have seen it happen. It makes it very uncomfortable for the rest of the team as well as that (soon to be former) supervisor. The best thing is to just be a friend. She will need that support for the transition. I have seen this happen as a way to force someone to quit (to avoid having to pay unemployment). It's a horrible leadership that decides to do this to their employees.
It’s a very humiliating situation.
Yes in my position, I had my back give out on me and had a DRs note for 2 weeks off. The owner of the company decided that upon my return I would have less hours weekly and a different position in the office. Mind you, my back gave out to the point I couldn't even drive myself to work, to doctor appointments or anywhere for that matter. My daughter was basically my uber driver. You can come in do your work, give 110% and they still don't give a damn about your health and well being let alone your safety. That's when I took up anotch and reported this to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
I have been through this two times, isn’t the goal to do what best for the company? As long as the pay is the same and you like working for that company you have to change title should be acceptable. The only reservation I would have been I was a terrible manager and treated people badly.
Yes! It happens frequently in education.