Job title change

dexterwolf

I have been moved into another department at work and there is talk of changing my job title. Can they change this or can I ask for it not to be changed. Normally changing titles to me means redundancies further down the line so they can get shot of you.

London50

If you are doing the same job and getting the same age I can see no reason why your job title cannot be changed with or without your go ahead. Check your contract but calling someone a binman or refuse collector still means they are doing the same work for the same money :0)

DSmiffy

I would say look into it carefully. My last employment wanted to change our titles from business support cordinator to marketing co-ordinator but still the same job role - only the names were to change. However, at the time there were a lot of redundancies being made, and I sought assistance from the union rep. The new name change meant that then there would be lots of "Marketing Co-ordinators" meaning the pool was bigger than before. At the time, redundancies were being made were there were several people with the same job title.
In short you need to weigh up the pros and cons of your particular circumstances.
What are the chances of you being made redundant if the name changes? Greater or smaller than before?
Just for info, our name change did not go ahead in the end. Too much resistance

pinnit2014

I would have thought the 'role profile' would be more important than the title....from my personal experiene it's what's in this that counts when evaluating etc.

London50

DSmiffy wrote: »

I would say look into it carefully. My last employment wanted to change our titles from business support cordinator to marketing co-ordinator but still the same job role - only the names were to change. However, at the time there were a lot of redundancies being made, and I sought assistance from the union rep. The new name change meant that then there would be lots of "Marketing Co-ordinators" meaning the pool was bigger than before. At the time, redundancies were being made were there were several people with the same job title.
In short you need to weigh up the pros and cons of your particular circumstances.
What are the chances of you being made redundant if the name changes? Greater or smaller than before?
Just for info, our name change did not go ahead in the end. Too much resistance

As the OP is asking if they can request that the job title is not changed weighing up pro's and con's are irrelevant.Unless there was something in the contract stopping this the OP has IMO only two choices either except the job title change or leave, If there are going to be a lay off of the workforce and the contract is in the favor of the company there is nothing the OP can do.