I am honestly beyond pissed right now.
I have felt incredibly burnt out for the past several months working as a lab technician. About two months ago, I decided to change careers and pursue another opportunity within the same company working as a remote reporting analyst. After a lengthy interview process, I finally received an offer and was scheduled to transfer in the beginning of May.
I was so excited because I've felt so exhausted and trapped in my current role. I couldn't wait to begin my new career doing something I actually have interest in and also be able to work remote. Overall, I felt that my mood improved and I felt motivated for the first time in months.
At the end of my work day, my boss pulled me aside and warned me that the head of my department chewed out my new supervisor. Apparently my new supervisor didn't ask them about a good date to transfer before setting the transfer date in early May. The department head decided that I am instead going to start my new position in early June. However, my new team still needs me to start in the beginning of May so they both decided together that I will work full time in the lab and part time as an analyst.
WITHOUT EVEN SPEAKING TO ME FIRST.
And, according to my boss, they apparently decided on this several days ago. I still have yet to receive an email from either of them regarding this situation. Luckily, my boss told me about this right after he found out about it. He thinks it's awful that they didn't at least talk to me first. He says he's going to fight for me to at least get transferred in the middle of May rather than the beginning of June but I think that it is ridiculous and that I should be punished because my new supervisor didn't properly warn them about my transfer.
What upsets me most about this situation was that I was denied a promotion in December due to “financing issues” and now this department head has the audacity to halt my career progression??
Big oof. I feel undervalued and that I'm not being treated like an actual person and instead like a commodity.
I'm not sure what my plan is. I guess I just wanted to get this off my chest. I think that I want to try and schedule a meeting with the department head and tell him how I feel? Does anybody have any advice?