EASE lacked care, professionalism, and transparency from the start. Repeated errors in documentation made it clear departmental staff did not matter. Role allocation was opaque and stressful: we were required to ‘apply’ for jobs and indicate our preferences, but some received their first or second choice roles while others did not, with no feedback or explanation, and we’ve never been told who made these decisions.
A number of us have been allocated roles that do not align with our current ones, leaving us feeling overlooked and undervalued. We must hand over tasks we excelled at and took pride in to staff with no experience, while being pushed into new roles with no recognition of our skills or contributions – effectively disregarding our career paths.
Departmental teams have been split in ways that ignore how we function, and part-time staff have been treated inconsistently. With a 1 March start imminent, uncertainty about responsibilities adds yet more stress and further undermines morale.
