health and fitness: I'm going to lose my title – but keep my pay

mercredi 6 avril 2016

I'm going to lose my title – but keep my pay – in a restructure. Should I resign?

A merger will push me down a rank, which will look like a demotion on my CV

Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?

I switched careers about four years ago to work on health policy and public health. For the past two years I’ve held a position of middling seniority in the public health team of a local council. In terms of hierarchy I am on the third level, behind the director of public health and public health consultants. After such a short time in this field I consider this to be a great achievement.