Should I or Shouldn't I?

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April 20,2022 at 10:58PM UTC

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Should I or Shouldn't I?

As of this morning I was advised I will be moved from my Change Management position to a Quality Assurance position within the Anti Money Laundering (I have no experience in AML) area of my employer which was quite a shock. To add to this I was told the switch would be effective Monday. For context I LOVE Change Management (my B.S. is in Org Development and I earned my Change Management Foundations certification in Jan 2022 and I was looking at starting my next cert soon) and I have been with this company for 15 years so I felt disrespected that they made that decision for me without any consultation of my goals or desire to leave C.M.

My employer did release about 150 employees recently but confirmed with the rest of us that they made all their decisions and no one else would be considered and those employees where already spoken to and offered a severance package or they could stay on for 90 more days to find jobs within the company. I feel as though this is a "take it or quit" type situation since I was not a part of the original 150 and not offered any other option but this one position which I now have little to no time to really consider or digest as I meet with my new Director tomorrow. I am trying to keep emotions out of it but the word disrespect keeps coming up in my thoughts and the one who made this decision was not the person who relayed this message to me. I want to schedule a meeting with the executive manager who made this decision to discuss how they came up with my name as 1 of 10 people that will be moved and why I was basically told at Zero Hour. My question is Should I or Shouldn't I?

The conversation obviously won't change their minds but I also wonder if it was easy for them to pick names out of a hat or what considerations were taken when making this decision that will now derail my career path away from what I've been working so hard for and had finally reached it.

I also can't imagine from a Human Resources standpoint that this is a healthy practice to move employees wherever they want with no other options (outside of leaving the company) or care of employee goals but that may be a whole other topic.

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AnonymousApril 21,2022 at 6:16PM UTC
I say have the conversation — think about what you have to lose and what you can potentially gain from it. Getting the context might help you understand the decision and guide your next steps. Good luck!
Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistApril 21,2022 at 7:45PM UTC
You've already said "The conversation obviously won't change their minds" so what, specifically, are you hoping to gain by having this conversation?
My suggestion would be to keep your head down and fire up that resume unless you can afford to quit.
bethApril 22,2022 at 12:37PM UTC
While there is risk to sharing your feedback and feelings, if you don't ask for something, you don't get it. It seems very reasonable to ask how and why such a decision was made; especially without any discussion. Without any feedback, how can you expect anything to change? I don't know the culture, but I can't imagine working someplace that doesn't offer any to have an impact. The only question I would have is who to have the conversation with - your old manager, new manager or HR. Good luck!