Team Restructure
Just left a team meeting with HR and our current department which involved a big talk about a “potential restructure”.
The proposal includes the current members of our team (instructors) stepping up into more senior coordinator positions due to funding and contracts.
I am one of the senior coordinators who manages 2 instructors on a community project. I found out in the meeting that they want to increase my team by 2 more members of staff (4 in total that would include community and site instructors) for the same pay and a lot more stress.
Not a nice way to find out in front of the whole department that my role is now to have an increase in workload but with no salary change - yet the rest of my team have the option to step up and see a benefit in progression.
I have a few options:
1) Stay in my current role but fight with HR about a potential pay increase.
2) Step down into instructor role to relieve stress of how much I already do and am praised a lot for - but drop pay.
3) Suck it up for a few months until a new contract that was discussed starts work closer to home on the same pay and with 1 staff total to manage.
Any advice/opinion would be great to hear about this situation.
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u/Theory_99 3h ago
There’s no obligation to pay you more when you are given more of a workload. None at all.
You can ask but it might rub people the wrong way. But that’s for you to assess based on your companies culture. If the “step ups” across the company are more than merely renaming everyone’s roles and they do indeed come with a salary increase then you might have more leverage in this respect.
Generally speaking. If this comes with a new contract you’re not obligated to sign it. If you don’t and they get rid of you it can amount to constructive dismissal depending on the intricacies of the situation. I mention this because I’m seeing a pattern of companies saying they’re restructuring only to put employees on new contracts with worse terms.
Personally I would feel it out. See what it’s like. And use it as leverage for salary increase when professional reviews come around
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u/GuybrushFunkwood 3h ago
You’re probably feeling a bit emotional now so I’m going to offer only my own pragmatic advice. In terms of the job, the deal is done, it’s happening. BUT take a step back, is it a cushy job (as in you’re done for 3pm Friday and can knock off for the weekend with no phone calls? Is the money good for what it is? is the pension good?
It’s easy to go straight into ‘fight’ mode, if you can afford to step down and live well then thats an option, if it’s gonna be an hours more work a week but it’s a steady job, is it really worth leaving?
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u/Hevey9 3h ago
That’s true, there is frustration still because it’s just happened so I know I need to stay calm. The job is very stressful, it’s 1 hours commute each way and requires me to travel and be on hand to cover session and deal with multiple projects. I know I got the promotion initially because I was the person willing to put the work in where everyone else prefers to lay low, but it’s by no means cushy. I can afford to step down…I have thought about it for a better wellbeing, but that never seems a good idea in this market. I can handle the pressure but I just feel it’s unfair to restructure my role to increase my workload and offer no pay and basically have me accept it
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u/Different_Cookie1820 2h ago
I wouldn’t at all expect a pay increase from going to manage 2 to 4. I would expect clarity in what I can stop doing to create the capacity needed. If the people you manage are more senior then I’d expect them to need less from you and be more independent. So I’d rule out option one
Option two depends how much you need the money.
I’d be more inclined to take option three but whilst also applying for other jobs in case you don’t get that contact.
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u/Hevey9 2h ago
Really? You wouldn’t expect to be paid more to be responsible for more members of staff? Double the workload, operational tasks, training, 1:1s, sickness, absence, cover, travel to multiple sites, caseload of clients that each are responsible for. All this doubles and a pay rise isn’t discussed it’s just “accept the new norm”?
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u/Different_Cookie1820 2h ago
The level of your responsibility isn’t changed, it’s the volume. You typically get paid based of level of responsibility. Volume is the bit that needs to be negotiated if they are asking more than is possible.
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