Not sure if there's a better place to go for this; apologies if this doesn't belong here.
I'm hoping to get some insight on how to put together a letter escalating to my boss's boss about some recent management decisions. Not so much a formal complaint as a “we need an explanation” kind of thing.
TLDR: Big Boss and Little Bosses 1 and 2 screw over Little Boss 3. Also probably going to screw over Coworker. Entire office wants to demand answers from Bigger Boss.
Without going into too much detail, my office has had some shakeups lately that's got myself and my coworkers feeling uneasy. I'll try to keep it as simple as possible. My office consists of a Director, 3 Assistant Directors, and about a dozen employees at my level. There also used to be a Senior Employee who was basically the supervisor of my level, but below the AD's, but that person left and the position has been left vacant. The 3 AD's were all on the same level, but one is a bit more separate — that position works almost entirely independently and is basically the only person in the office dealing with a certain field of duties.
Recently, the Director announced that there's been a rearrangement of management positions. Director stays the same, but AD1 is getting a promotion (basically just taking AD'S duties with a pay-raise), AD2 is getting a promotion (basically taking on the Senior Employee supervisory role with a pay-raise), and they're opening up a new AD position to take over AD1's previous duties. AD3 (the independent one) was not involved in these discussions at all and left completely in the dark until they found out at the same time as the rest of us. We're all pretty surprised and disappointed; this kind of screws AD3 over, since they were left out of a chance for a raise. It really seems like AD3 is being pushed out the door and isolated high-school-clique style.
Another aspect is the new AD position being opened. One of my coworkers, the most senior and experienced employee at my level, plans to apply for the new position. They're immensely qualified and an obvious choice. But management doesn't like them; coworker is vocal with ideas and feedback that management always ignores, but are more receptive when other employees put forward the same ideas, for one example. They're never going to find a more qualified candidate, but we're all convinced that management will go another direction and hire someone externally. For clarity, this is an office that requires a lot of specific experience with what we do, so it really doesn't make any sense to not promote internally. Also worth noting, no one else in our office is planning to apply, so there would be no internal competition.
In the event that this experienced colleague doesn't get the job, my coworkers and I are preparing to draft a letter to the Director's boss basically just asking for an explanation for their rejection, and also for the AD3 situation. I know it's a fairly specific issue to address, but would anyone be able to help me with a rough template for this letter? I'm just not sure where to even start.