‘Many to few’ restructure
I substantively won a Grade 7 role around 4 years ago, was promoted into a temporary Grade 9 assignment after only about 11 months, and have now been performing at Grade 9 level continuously for ~2.5 years.
We’re now going through a restructure and my substantive role is being consolidated, resulting in a “many-to-few” scenario and I’ve been told I need to go through an invited EOI/interview process for Grade 7 roles again.
I honestly feel completely demoralised by it.
I understand restructures happen and temporary assignments aren’t permanent, but I’m struggling to understand how someone can perform successfully at a higher grade for and then effectively be told to compete again for a role they already fairly won years ago.
Is this just considered normal in NSW/Australian public sector restructures? Has anyone successfully challenged role matching/placement decisions or had unions help in situations like this?