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Work allocation changed since diclosure to supervisor

Cookiesmum1986

My manager has always known I'm autistic. She works on another site and generally is only on my site once per week, less now due to covid.

My supervisor and I don't get on, manager disclosed to her that I'm autistic because she said that it would help our working relationship. Frankly I think the woman is just a bully and nothing would help but manager really pressed the issue and I eventually relented.

I've noticed that since the disclosure I've been allocated all the boring, easy tasks. I'm a higher level healthcare assistant and my job contract involves needing to learn lots of specific skills. I was on a higher pay grade to the other healthcare assistants but their union argued that they'd been getting under paid. Lots of the healthcare assistants across the whole health board got regraded but on the job they were doing, they don't need to learn any extra skills even though we are all being paid the same. 

Some of the HCAs have chosen to learn some of my skills as their job is really boring and my job is more interesting but some decided they didn't want to. These people are now being given my jobs to do and my whole schedule next week is me doing what used to be their job. Thinking about it this has gone on since I was outed to the supervisor (who makes our schedule).

I want to speak to my manager about it but is it being petty? 

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  • Make notes of everything - dates, times, shifts etc. - you're going to need it when this gets nasty - when you bring it to the attention of management, you're probably going to be moved to another department to 're-start' fresh with a new supervisor (Think about where you would prefer to be moved to for when it happens) - but also be prepared to be squeezed by the supervisor until you walk away.       Speak to the union NOW and start getting your future grievance ready and make sure you have copies of all the management grievance procedures and job descriptions involved - this is how it starts - protect yourself..    

    Been there, done that.

  • in reply to Plastic

    I can't get moved to another department, HL-HCAs are trained in only one area so my skills aren't generic enough to move me

  • in reply to Cookiesmum1986

    Speak to the manager that outed you - they need to make this right for you - including paying for additional training to allow you to be relocated - think through all your options but documenting everything is most important as well as getting copies of the paperwork involved - and you need to study the steps you need to make in the right order according to the procedure to ensure if it goes to tribunal, you're fully covered.    Also, make notes of all the times they don't follow correct management procedures - that where you win - technical errors..

    My experience with nasty female supervisors is that they will attack you at every level - way worse than any abusing boyfriend could!!!

  • in reply to Cookiesmum1986

    Sounds like they are already moving against you - you need to start making this all formal - speak with HR and management,

    Write it all down so you've got a script in case you get tongue-tied in the conversations.

    I seem to remember that @trainspotter is very knowledgeable about this subject - (although I might be mistaken)

  • in reply to Plastic

    I had just come back from redeployment (covid) and I had minor surgery which manager had told supervisor about. Supervisor put me down to assist with a procedure where you can't be in the room with any illness or antibiotics so I told the nurse who runs that clinic and the supervisor went mental. I could hear her from the other end of the department and then she got me in a room with person 2 and shouted and bawled that she hadn't been told I was on antibiotics. I still don't understand what the big deal was.

    I'm actually scared because of the temperature dropping I always get a chest infection but if I end up back on antibiotics then I'll end up going through all that again and I can't face it.

    She actually phone the manager on the other site to report me being on antibiotics! It was insane.

  • in reply to Plastic

    I completely agree, if she is using another person to hide her actions she knows she is in the wrong. I believe you should be making this formal and you should ask your autism support worker to help you.

    Shouting is not needed in management and only gains you less respect from your colleagues

  • in reply to Beepee1984

    It's definitely been since then but that happened around about the time when the others were regraded and told they were allowed to voluntarily enhance their skill set so it may be a coincidence but it definitely feels like I'm being treated like an idiot because I'm autistic. 

  • in reply to Cookiesmum1986

    That's blatant bullying - shouting is NEVER acceptable from management.

    I spend a lot of time in different hospitals and I see staff bullying going on ALL the time - it's disgusting.  

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  • in reply to Cookiesmum1986

    Sounds like they are already moving against you - you need to start making this all formal - speak with HR and management,

    Write it all down so you've got a script in case you get tongue-tied in the conversations.

    I seem to remember that @trainspotter is very knowledgeable about this subject - (although I might be mistaken)

  • in reply to Plastic

    I had just come back from redeployment (covid) and I had minor surgery which manager had told supervisor about. Supervisor put me down to assist with a procedure where you can't be in the room with any illness or antibiotics so I told the nurse who runs that clinic and the supervisor went mental. I could hear her from the other end of the department and then she got me in a room with person 2 and shouted and bawled that she hadn't been told I was on antibiotics. I still don't understand what the big deal was.

    I'm actually scared because of the temperature dropping I always get a chest infection but if I end up back on antibiotics then I'll end up going through all that again and I can't face it.

    She actually phone the manager on the other site to report me being on antibiotics! It was insane.

  • in reply to Plastic

    I completely agree, if she is using another person to hide her actions she knows she is in the wrong. I believe you should be making this formal and you should ask your autism support worker to help you.

    Shouting is not needed in management and only gains you less respect from your colleagues