Is this job discrimination?

Henry Lee said:

What is the name of your state? California.

I was hired by a company a few years ago as a Software Engineer. My job title has always been "Software Engineer" since then. I have been performing whatever duties my manager assigned to me.

Recently the HR told me they found out that the duties I am currently performing do not belong to "Software Engineer", but belong to "Systems Administrator". Therefore they are going to change my job title from "Software Engineer" to "Systems Administrator".

I told the HR I am just performimg the duties that were assigned to me. If the duties do not match my title "Software Engineer", the company should correct the wrongfully assigned duties and assign me new duties that do match my job title "Software Engineer". I was hired as "Software Engineer", and I want to work as a Software Engineer.

But the company refused to change my job duties. They told me they are going to change my job title in a few days, so the new title will match the (wrongfully assigned) duties.

Is that legal? The company hired me as a "Software Engineer" (as written in the offer letter). Can they assign me ANY duties and then change my job title to whatever as they wish? What should I do now?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

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cbg said:

They told me they are going to change my job title in a few days, so the new title will match the (wrongfully assigned) duties.

Wrongfully assigned? Where do you get that? Listen, Charlie, they can assign you any duties they want and they can call you anything they want. If you don't like either your job duties or your job title, your recourse is to find a job or job title you like better. There is NOTHING even remotely illegal about what you are describing and if I had an employee with an attitude like that, I'd like nothing better than to have him find a job title, with another firm, that he found more to his liking.

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