I feel like it's reasonable to hire someone at a lower level due to lack of years of experience.
Down-leveling after the fact is a punitive act. My guess is the years of experience thing was just an excuse for some business initiative to cut costs or was a personal attack on the OP.
Down-leveling after the fact is a punitive act. My guess is the years of experience thing was just an excuse for some business initiative to cut costs or was a personal attack on the OP.