My company initiated a hiring freeze last November, just after my group lost 3 team members. Then in February they did layoffs, my group was not effected. The hiring freeze is now lifted, but what we were never told is that when they did the layoffs, they also “erased” any positions that were open prior to the layoffs, including the positions that were open in my group before the hiring freeze the previous November. So those jobs are just gone, and the slack that my group has picked up? That’s just the new normal now. It’s bullshit.
So you’re doing more work for the same pay? If it’s not in the job description/contract, then they can fuck off.
Every (US) job description I’ve had save one had a line to the effect of “… and other duties as required by management.” Not to follow would be considered insubordination and could lead to termination with cause. Job description in this case is just a broad-stroke outline of what the job is supposed to entail.
The “save one” was a job with a strong union presence. In that case, going outside my job description could lead to me and my manager being in trouble.
I once worked a call centre during late shift and my manager asked us to clean the bathrooms. I told him they can hire a janitor because I won’t be cleaning anything since I wasn’t hired to clean. Didn’t have to clean the bathrooms. Sometimes standing up for yourself works
