Deceptive Letter of Job offer

[anonymous14013]

Hi,

I'm looking for some advice. My boss (one of the directors) is a pathological liar, I can live with that as long as I take everything he says with a pinch of salt. I have received a letter of offer to take on a new role with a pay rise. It all sounds good for now, however, as the company is making fundamental changes due to the incompetence of the Director in budgeting and financial forecasting amongst many other issues he has caused, the company is now reducing costs at an alarming rate.

The company has just made one of the managers redundant as the company can't afford to pay his salary, and the company is now entering a transition phase, with many changes. I am now, and have been their most valued manager, this obviously comes with a price tag, putting me at risk of being the next to be made redundant.

Now comes the interesting part... I came across an email (which I have saved) I wasn't supposed to see which says that the company will load me with even more work -presumably to try and burn me out-, and are looking to keep me on "for a few more months". This would suggest that they will hold on to me for this transition period and then try to push me out the door whenever they feel like it, I would say in about 3 months.

Clearly this letter of offer is not telling me that I will probably be out of a job in 3 months time.

Should I wait until that time and then use the email as proof that I have been lied to and used? Or can I use it now as leverage to get out of this company with some sort of settlement? I obviously do not want to work for someone with such low levels of ethics and I am frankly insulted as I have put in a lot of work to keep this company afloat despite the director's incompetence.

Please HELP!

[judgemental24]

Re: Deceptive Letter of Job offer

Wow

That is heated and if i am blunt totally one sided arguments

If the business is going down the pan then they are entitled to make redundancies and restructure. Making spurious accusations against your employer does not help your cause. I know you are angry for whatever reason but that is no excuse.

In this situaton i would wait to see what if any redundancy terms they offer in the near future. These will probably be way in excess on what you will get if you start making noises now to your own detriment

[anonymous14013]

Re: Deceptive Letter of Job offer

Thank you for your input and your advice.

I agree that I might have vented a bit on my post, I can however back up the accusations with data, figures, etc., if required.

I suppose I should just ride out the wave and see what happens, I will obviously not make any 'noise' about this for the time being, but perhaps hold on to that information should I need to use it in the event of an unfair dismissal...?

I am obviously looking for another job, but would like to have a clearer picture of all potential outcomes should I decide to stay, which would largely depend on what I would get from a redundancy.

P.S.
I will endeavour to keep my cool ;-)

[PAWS]

Re: Deceptive Letter of Job offer

The email you have saved which clearly implies you are going to be ‘used’ will have peed you off and no wonder. Yep, you will feel like they are using you because you are a good worker so they will bump you up for less than the top layer they are throwing out however… this is a survival strategy for the company and not that rare. Finding written evidence, as in the email, is rare so the company you are working for are in danger of closing but also pretty rubbish when it comes to confidentiality or empathy with their workers.
I have no idea what your legal position would be come the ‘big push’ but I think you are right looking for another job. Not to sound too cynical but I wouldn’t ever assume that any company will put your personal feelings above the overall good of the balance sheet.