I am an experienced Recruiter/HR Professional with more than 15 years of experience.
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I am an experienced Recruiter/HR Professional with more than 15 years of experience. I have been working as a Senior Recruiter for a small company for almost 2 years. When I was recruited, I was promised a Lead role and was being prepared to take on a management role. A few months ago, my manager left the department and a new manager was hired. The Lead role that was supposed to be mine, was filled by an outsider and although I am focusing on international roles, international recruiting resources have been hired. I spoke with my manager today and because I have been unwilling to work in the office (due to lack of any Covid mitigation efforts or social distancing by management), apparently the leadership team believes that I am not able to be promoted because they want me to have an in office presence. I have a family member that passed from Covid earlier this year, and I have a note from my Dr. advising that I work remotely due to health issues. This information has been communicated to my manager as well as leadership. I am furious that the company feels that I am not promotion material especially given I have the 2nd highest number of placements in the recruiting team. I am looking for a new role because at this point, my desire to protect my health makes me unable to move forward in my career. Has anybody experienced this?


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