Re: Change Title/Job Description to completely diff dept

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On 3/29/09, MarieFlorida wrote:
> I was hired at this company 5 years ago as a financial
> analyst and they recently changed the titles/job
> descriptions so that our dept is no longer a finance dept
> but has a completely different focus. It's 180 degrees
> from what we were hired to do and we just got an email
> from our boss that said "here are our new titles and
> responsibilities" out of the blue one day. I have a
> finance degree/8 yr background in auditing and i have no
> desire to be forced to do anything other than what i was
> hired to do. Is it legal for them to just change a title
> and job description with no warning.

Yes. The way in which this was handled was lousy and this
may be a very poor business decision but it was completely
legal. If you are not happy with your new title and
responsibilities, your recourse it to seek new employment
elsewhere.