Unacceptable delays from employer regarding my request

Comms69

PeggyMay wrote: »

Thank you TBagpuss for your friendly reply.

Although many of the replies here have been less than friendly, they have been helpful in the sense that I now know not to listen to my friend. He told me it was illegal for them to not get back to me and that it would be reasonable to ask for backpay. So I'm glad I checked.

Show him this thread, he can come and explain himself - maybe we've all missed something

steampowered

It is bad practice of the employer to not give you an answer. A good employer would at least tell you "yes" or "no", so you know where you stand.

You have no right to more hours, obviously.

After this period of time, I think it is safe to conclude that more hours are not on the cards.

As others have said, if that doesn't work for you, time to start searching for another job or take a second job.

PeggyMay

Hi steampower, I am very much still hoping they will increase my hours... in the last few weeks I have brought in business opportunities that will help them achieve their organisational aim. There is a very strong and clear business case for them giving me the capacity needed to follow these up. I don't see why they would want to meet with me to 'discuss the process I can expect' if they weren't at least considering it... It just doesn't make sense for them to forego these opportunities which, if followed up, will be incredible for their business.

Furthermore, I have explained that the job is unsustainable for me in the long-term on these hours. And although I haven't mentioned it, they must be aware that it will cost them much more to recruit someone new than to give me the small increase in hours needed to retain me. So there is no good business case to NOT increase my hours, so far as I can see.

It's almost as though they want me to resign. But I can see no good reason for this, I'm a very productive and high-achieving employee.

shortcrust

In my experience things like letters to CEOs that go over managers heads do not go down well.

They’re more likely to be planning for your exit rather than looking to increase your hours.

PeggyMay wrote: »

It's almost as though they want me to resign. But I can see no good reason for this, I'm a very productive and high-achieving employee.

Apart from the big red 'trouble maker' sticker that's recently been affixed to your HR file...

PeggyMay

Comms69, I’m not claiming benefits. It’s not a road I would particularly want to go down, and I don’t think I’m entitled to any benefits anyway, as I’m capable of working up to five hours a day, five days a week, and already work more than the 16-or-less hours needed to claim.

PeggyMay

Shortcrust, I wrote a reply to you but it isn’t showing up so maybe it got lost in the system somewhere.

I didn’t go over anyone’s head, I went through all the proper channels. They told me months ago that they would consider my request and make a decision. It’s now been several months, I keep getting the same old excuse about them not having time to look at my request yet, and so I have nudged them about it as the situation is getting more urgent for me and I needed to let them know this. I don’t think that qualifies as causing trouble, I just need a clear answer from them, as soon as possible, so that I can secure my future. Ideally, by continuing to work for them, and them only.

Getting a second job will really be a last resort as juggling two jobs isn’t going to be great for my health. I tried that before. It didn’t work and I burned out.

If they say no, then I might have to look for a second part time job but this is likely to impact on my current job and on my health, so I’m doing everything I can to make this job work for me so that I don’t have to go down that road.

Kentish_Dave

I don’t know your firm, but if a member of my team did what you have done they’d move to the top of the list if redundancies ever came.

You cannot go over your boss’s head like this without risking marking yourself out as trouble.

PeggyMay

But I didn’t go over anyone’s head. I followed the instructions set out by my manager.

TELLIT01

PeggyMay wrote: »

There is a very strong and clear business case for them giving me the capacity needed to follow these up.

Two points.



You may feel there is a strong and sustainable business case for additional working hours. The management of the company will know a lot more about their requirements than you do, and have a better understanding of the additional costs of extra working hours.


Even if there is a valid case for additional working hours, they are not bound to give those extra hours to you. You have said that you can only work limited hours because of a health issue, so it makes little sense from a business perspective to give extra hours to somebody when it might have a detrimental effect on them.

getmore4less

PeggyMay wrote: »

Hi steampower, I am very much still hoping they will increase my hours... in the last few weeks I have brought in business opportunities that will help them achieve their organisational aim. There is a very strong and clear business case for them giving me the capacity needed to follow these up. I don't see why they would want to meet with me to 'discuss the process I can expect' if they weren't at least considering it... It just doesn't make sense for them to forego these opportunities which, if followed up, will be incredible for their business.

Furthermore, I have explained that the job is unsustainable for me in the long-term on these hours. And although I haven't mentioned it, they must be aware that it will cost them much more to recruit someone new than to give me the small increase in hours needed to retain me. So there is no good business case to NOT increase my hours, so far as I can see.

It's almost as though they want me to resign. But I can see no good reason for this, I'm a very productive and high-achieving employee.

The problem you are creating is they can just keep you cheap you are desperate.

If you are bringing in business opportunities you need to be selling yourself as the right person to achieve these goals with not just more hours but more pay.


You need to be driving the process.