Boss given promotion to someone else

jurgen19

Hi all, just after a bit of advice really. A work colleague was sacked just before Xmas and his job was up for grabs. I was doing the job for 3/4 months and doing it just fine. I took a couple of days off annual leave and came back to find my boss had employed his brother in law to do the job on more money and given a managerial role. I have always covered when the employee that was sacked was off on holiday/sick. I have been at the company for many years and I am now the 2nd longest serving member of staff he has. I feel completely let down and a bit deflated if I’m honest. My boss hasn’t even had the decency to speak with about it. I have my management supervision meeting coming up soon and I really want to mention what has happened but really don’t know how to approach the matter.

tealady

Sorry but your boss can employ who he wants and pay them what they like.
You could tell your boss you are disappointed you were not considered for the role but I wouldnt get your hopes up that it changes anything.

Martin_the_Unjust

Dust your CV off and use it to find a less incestuous work place.

74jax

jurgen19 said:

Hi all, just after a bit of advice really. A work colleague was sacked just before Xmas and his job was up for grabs. I was doing the job for 3/4 months and doing it just fine. I took a couple of days off annual leave and came back to find my boss had employed his brother in law to do the job on more money and given a managerial role. I have always covered when the employee that was sacked was off on holiday/sick. I have been at the company for many years and I am now the 2nd longest serving member of staff he has. I feel completely let down and a bit deflated if I’m honest. My boss hasn’t even had the decency to speak with about it. I have my management supervision meeting coming up soon and I really want to mention what has happened but really don’t know how to approach the matter.

If you have been there several years, and are someone happy to jump in and cover someone else, and are the 2nd longest serving employee, I can see why you would be kept in the position you are. I'm not saying it's right, but if you're happy to do this why change your position.
His brother needed a job, a position was free, so he put the two together. 
Did you get paid more for these 4 months of extra duties, I would be more inclined to put forward a case for a raise than mention his brother getting the job. 

TELLIT01

74jax is probably correct about the way you are viewed by the bosses.  You are somebody who can be relied on to provide cover when needed and does so without complaint.  If I were in that position, I would now be far less willing to provide cover and would be looking for another job.  The fact that the boss hasn't even had the decency, some might say the courage, to talk to you about the situation speaks volumes. 

jurgen19

tealady said:

Sorry but your boss can employ who he wants and pay them what they like.
You could tell your boss you are disappointed you were not considered for the role but I wouldnt get your hopes up that it changes anything.

I get that and I understand that he can employ who he wants and pay them whatever he wants. What I’m after is a way to approach my employer and let them know how I feel about what happened without ruining the good working relationship I have/thought I had with my boss. I’ve been at the company 10 years and feel I have been taken for an absolute mug.

jurgen19

74jax said:

jurgen19 said:

Hi all, just after a bit of advice really. A work colleague was sacked just before Xmas and his job was up for grabs. I was doing the job for 3/4 months and doing it just fine. I took a couple of days off annual leave and came back to find my boss had employed his brother in law to do the job on more money and given a managerial role. I have always covered when the employee that was sacked was off on holiday/sick. I have been at the company for many years and I am now the 2nd longest serving member of staff he has. I feel completely let down and a bit deflated if I’m honest. My boss hasn’t even had the decency to speak with about it. I have my management supervision meeting coming up soon and I really want to mention what has happened but really don’t know how to approach the matter.

If you have been there several years, and are someone happy to jump in and cover someone else, and are the 2nd longest serving employee, I can see why you would be kept in the position you are. I'm not saying it's right, but if you're happy to do this why change your position.
His brother needed a job, a position was free, so he put the two together. 
Did you get paid more for these 4 months of extra duties, I would be more inclined to put forward a case for a raise than mention his brother getting the job. 

Thanks for the reply, that is exactly what the wife said! And to answer your question no I didn’t get paid any more!! His brother in law already had a job that he was more than happy at but my boss offered him more money than he was on and a new invented management role. I just feel used and really disrespected if I’m honest 

[Deleted User]

By all means express your disappointment, I don't know if you can get any resolute and I don't know the daft suggestion of a new job in these times is really for the best when attempting pay back. When my colleague was sacked I found myself doing parts of the credit control job with my family forewarning me not to get hopes up, how right they were (in came a part timer on professional development for Accounts and earning lot more money then I ever could as a full timer, so I was delighted on 5th December when a job relative and closest this came about, I really did not know I wouldn't be doing this job either - if I had carried on job searching and looking first week of January I would see the job I thought I was employed to do; simply, readvertising. But I was to trusting and full of the springs of joy to do that. Did not know until it was to late. Anyway 4 weeks on in a role covering someone away from the business along with the great deprivation of not ending up with the job I applied and interviewed for, I am having to get a patch up / tide me over position whilst the two employers are having a laugh. To know I will shortly be in a worse position then when I set out I'm even more depressed then what I was in November. If you are comfortable in your job the best thing you can do is stay and ride it out. I think the art of being up front honest in employment is dead.

[Deleted User]

Been the second longest serving member of the team does not give you entitlement to a role. 

jurgen19

MarkN88 said:

Been the second longest serving member of the team does not give you entitlement to a role. 

I never said it did. I was simply explaining my circumstances and my role at the company and explaining exactly how long I have been with the company and the loyalty I have shown them. So thanks for your really unhelpful reply.

jurgen19

Deleted User said:

By all means express your disappointment, I don't know if you can get any resolute and I don't know the daft suggestion of a new job in these times is really for the best when attempting pay back. When my colleague was sacked I found myself doing parts of the credit control job with my family forewarning me not to get hopes up, how right they were (in came a part timer on professional development for Accounts and earning lot more money then I ever could as a full timer, so I was delighted on 5th December when a job relative and closest this came about, I really did not know I wouldn't be doing this job either - if I had carried on job searching and looking first week of January I would see the job I thought I was employed to do; simply, readvertising. But I was to trusting and full of the springs of joy to do that. Did not know until it was to late. Anyway 4 weeks on in a role covering someone away from the business along with the great deprivation of not ending up with the job I applied and interviewed for, I am having to get a patch up / tide me over position whilst the two employers are having a laugh. To know I will shortly be in a worse position then when I set out I'm even more depressed then what I was in November. If you are comfortable in your job the best thing you can do is stay and ride it out. I think the art of being up front honest in employment is dead.

Many thanks for your in-depth reply. I fear everything you say is very true. I wouldn’t want to leave a my job especially during the current climate. I really want to express my disappointment but without leaving myself no other choice but to leave, if you know what I mean?