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Demotion in TX

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My company is laying off my department, they advise me my duites at my poisiton will be transtioned in a couple of weeks. My manager’s superior says they will find something for me to do and my manager informs me that they are going to demote me to another poisition that I was not previously trained to do. Do I have any course of action I could take?

Yes — you can agree to be demoted, or you can look for another job. Or, you can do both, which is what we recommend. It probably doesn’t feel like it at this time, but the employer is being more than fair by keeping you on, even though it’s in a position that pays less. They could just lay you off. (BTW, when your boss says that they will demote you and his boss says that they will “find something for you to do” they are both saying the same thing. The top guy just didn’t mention that the new job will be at a lower rate of pay.) Apparently they are willing to train you in a new position, which is more than generous.

If you decided to quit after being demoted, you could probably collect unemployment benefits. That’s because an employee who quits after a major change in pay, duties or working conditions has quit “for good cause” in most states.