Unsettling Work Enviroment
I don’t like it when things deviate from the norm, I like a steady and simple working enviroment. I suppose everyone does, any disruption to the Status Quo isn’t good. I work at a academic institution, so there’s a lot going on with pay harmonisation. It’s called the HERA review, it’s designed to make every university have the same pay scale, holidays and benefits.
The results of the HERA review have come out, there was a lot of worry before hand about how much people would be given and what would be taken away. Now all benefits/pay are protected for three years, and you get the best of both for the three years. So I guess I have to start thinking, I’ve been given a decent payrise, but I’ve had 5 holiday days taken off of me, and to get them back at the grade I’m at you have to work at the uni for 8 years…
Now I’m half way to moving to the next grade, which would automagically entitle me to my current holiday allowance, I guess the question is, can I make it to the next grade in two and a half years. I suspect that if I can’t, at that point I shall be parting company with my current employer. What also makes this more “interesting” is that a co-worker has just been offered a job in London for almost double what I’m on, and the job does sound like the direction I want to go.
I don’t really want to leave the university, as I do enjoy the work, but if they are going to take things away like the holiday, then I have to consider moving on. As now 20 days allowance, is less then I would get in industry. Hmmm…
