Help! Redundancy

Snowwy

Hi,

First post, not a new user but could do with remaining anonymous for the time being in case anyone reads who knows my normal username

Right, I have been told today my position is possibly being made redundant. My job is still there however, it will be passed to another member of staff in a restructure. I have worked for my employer for 1 year 11 months. The reasons they are stating for my 'potential' redundancy are performance related issues (ie. that things that should have been done have not been done, that the other member of staff will be more competent in the role).

To give a bit of background, the role I currently undertake is completely different to any role I have ever undertaken. In the time I have been employed I have had NO formal training and it is quite a specialised job. I originally joined the company as a part time administrator however, within a few months it became clear that there was an area of the business needing a dedicated resource and I became that resource. I have recently announced my pregnancy (I am 19 weeks next week) and since mentioning it, there has been one senior manager who has hardly spoken to me. I have had no formal disciplinaries during my time with the company.

Apologies if this is a bit of a rambling post, my head is a bit all over the place

I have to attend a meeting next week to discuss the outcome. I think my question at this stage is, what if anything can I do? What should I be asking at the meeting?

There's a huge part of me feels that if I wasn't pregnant none of this would be happening but thinking that way is probably not going to help me any

Thanks for any advice