Secondment Over - Advice Needed

shaz77_2

Hi All,

I'm coming to the end of a pretty successful secondment, I really enjoy the work, however it's a long drive in each day. I'm now due to go back to my old role which is based at a location closer to where I live, hoever having been away for 6 months completing more interesting, complex and challenging work I have little interest in returning to my old role. I was taken aside and offered my seconded role on a permanent basis, however I turned it down as it's too far to travel daily and I can't re-locate, I was also a little disappointed that I couldn't complete the role at a location closer to my home as others in my department (but not my team) can, I have also realised there is little need for me to be on-site every day. I told my employer that if there was no oppertunity of doing my new role in a location closer to where I live then I'd prefer to leave the company and find employment elsewhere as I don't want to waste the new skills I have learned, my new Manager has asked me not to do this and has arranged a meeting with HR to discuss other possibilities.

What are my options, is meeting HR really a good idea?

Thanks

Savvy_Sue

Why would it not be?

Jeff_Bridges_hair

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Why would it not be?

Indeed. If your HR dept is good and can find a way to accomodate you with what you require then that can only be a good thing cant it?

DVardysShadow

shaz77 wrote: »

I told my employer that if there was no oppertunity of doing my new role in a location closer to where I live then I'd prefer to leave the company and find employment elsewhere as I don't want to waste the new skills I have learned, my new Manager has asked me not to do this and has arranged a meeting with HR to discuss other possibilities.

A bit bold, but it appears to have worked.

Goodluck with HR. Major on how you really like doing the job and that you would like to continue at a better location, because the secondment location is not sustainable in the long term. And on what could be done [if anything] to help you relocate.

But there is no point in saying anything more about leaving to continue in this kind of role.

Judith_W

If you don't have to be in the office every day to do the job, perhaps you could request if you could work from home/ closer location several days each week so the commute isn't so frequent.

shaz77_2

HR were pretty friendly when I visited them today, they reassured me that my old role was safe and I would default back to it when my secondment ended. I thanked them for this but stated that it didn't interest me anymore and that I was keen to continue my existing role at a location closer to home. Nothing was said about other oppertunities but HR pleaded with me not to apply externally and to have a follow up meeting with them at the end of the week which I agreed to.

I really didn't think they would be too bothered about me looking externally, while my secondment was successful on a personal level, I did make my fair share of mistakes on tasks that I was training and had been trained on and I thought the company would be happy for me to leave.

Googlewhacker

shaz77 wrote: »

HR were pretty friendly when I visited them today, they reassured me that my old role was safe and I would default back to it when my secondment ended. I thanked them for this but stated that it didn't interest me anymore and that I was keen to continue my existing role at a location closer to home. Nothing was said about other oppertunities but HR pleaded with me not to apply externally and to have a follow up meeting with them at the end of the week which I agreed to.

I really didn't think they would be too bothered about me looking externally, while my secondment was successful on a personal level, I did make my fair share of mistakes on tasks that I was training and had been trained on and I thought the company would be happy for me to leave.

Everyone makes mistakes....lets see what happens!