I’ve been with a company for over 8 years and am in a lower management position. Up until recently, I felt like a really valued employee. I’m on a full-time contract.
After taking a year of maternity leave, I returned to work in Feb this year on 3 days a week, with the clear expectation that I’d move up to 4 days and then back to full-time fairly quickly.
I recently let my workplace know I’m ready to move to 4 days, and they’ve now said this is dependent on our billing’s. This has completely blindsided me, as it was never raised that my return to agreed hours would be conditional on workflow.
I have an interview with another company next week, but I’m hesitant to go straight back to full-time work - my daughter is still nursing, and flexibility is really important to me right now. I don’t know if I have the energy or time to go into a new role and prove myself again.
At this point, I’m not sure whether this is something I just need to accept, or whether I should be seeking advice from an employment lawyer - and if so, what the next steps would be??