Current Events > I will be salty if I get passed over for a promotion

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I have busted my ass at this job, rarely if ever taken off, have come in person nearly every day,worked after hours for free, covered on extremely short notice, etc.... and i'm also young fresh blood that has shown I can learn and adapt extremely quickly and even train people. I have also declined promotional interviews for other divisions to stay here

and my competition is someone who's been here 30 years, never applied for this job before now, is using PTO all the time, and talks about how they didn't apply before because they're trying to leave and retire and thought the job was too much work but somehow they were talked into applying.

I think I'm the clear favorite amongst the supervisors(a lot of them told me to apply almost immediately after it was posted) but I dunno, i'm gearing up for an upset and shopping around for other places to work. Stupid public sector job so theres no performance based raises or promotions, its basically entirely political lol.

Either way though my saltiness won't last long, it'll be the kick in the ass I needed to realize no job is worth all that effort.

what's the job, if you don't mind sharing

Honestly i gave up after a while. The problem is the director is always changing and what happens is i get passed up because i look young despite being 40. And then they bring in an older person who most times has no idea what theyre doing. I eventually left for a better opportunity and ran into a colleague from the former place and they said if they had known i wasnt 20 they would have given it me. I guess im good enough to train the manager but not be the manager. -_-

Also common sense would say if i mention during the interview ive been doing this job for 10 years theres no way i started when i was 10. -_-

Anyways, im content with where im at. Management wasnt in the works for me. I should actuallly be grateful. No stress, no meetings, no politics.

You're getting promoted to customer.

I finally said fuck it and left my job of nearly a decade after going from a starting pay of $11 to $17 and being passed over for promotion four times by people who ended up sucking at the job

Found a place that started me at double what the old place paid me, plus unlimited overtime if I want it, plus bonuses each quarter, plus I can work from home forever

I even get paid paternity leave now for six weeks. As the father. I had to use my own PTO at the old place and even then it was only for two weeks and they didnt know if theyd be able to approve it. Ten fucking years there and I requested it literally the day I found out I was gonna be a dad which gave them about 8 months notice and it was idk thats a busy time of year

Know your worth bro, dont be like me and settle for whats comfortable for a long time, keep pushing and if they pass you up tell them to fuck off

g0ldie posted...

what's the job, if you don't mind sharing

basically its handling a judges criminal caseload, scheduling everything, making sure it runs smoothly, communicating with jails, etc.. so at any point you are responsible for managing 400-600 cases and all the attorneys with their adjournments requests and defendants whereabouts and getting them heard in court and whatnots

you'd think I'd be a shoe in because we use zoom a lot since the pandemic and i have singlehandedly prevented some disasters from occurring with my tech skills lol but i am only this worried BECAUSE i know this place tends to not choose the best candidate. Giving such a stressful job to a retirement age person who does not know how to even operate zoom in the digital age seems like a great waste of time.

SauI_Goodman posted...

Honestly i gave up after a while. The problem is the director is always changing and what happens is i get passed up because i look young despite being 40. And then they bring in an older person who most times has no idea what theyre doing. I eventually left for a better opportunity and ran into a colleague from the former place and they said if they had known i wasnt 20 they would have given it me. I guess im good enough to train the manager but not be the manager. -_-

Also common sense would say if i mention during the interview ive been doing this job for 10 years theres no way i started when i was 10. -_-

Anyways, im content with where im at. Management wasnt in the works for me. I should actuallly be grateful. No stress, no meetings, no politics.

I don't wanna give up just yet... i'm 27 and will be 28 in 2023, i'm getting a little too old to have every job be a fresh start, but young enough that I can still rebuild, and definitely young enough that i can decide if staying somewhere is worth my time

littlebro07 posted...

I finally said fuck it and left my job of nearly a decade after going from a starting pay of $11 to $17 and being passed over for promotion four times by people who ended up sucking at the job

Found a place that started me at double what the old place paid me, plus unlimited overtime if I want it, plus bonuses each quarter, plus I can work from home forever

I even get paid paternity leave now for six weeks. As the father. I had to use my own PTO at the old place and even then it was only for two weeks and they didnt know if theyd be able to approve it. Ten fucking years there and I requested it literally the day I found out I was gonna be a dad which gave them about 8 months notice and it was idk thats a busy time of year

Know your worth bro, dont be like me and settle for whats comfortable for a long time, keep pushing and if they pass you up tell them to fuck off

shit you might have to hook me up with a job thats payin you double. I'm not even picky i'll do anything. I don't have my college degree(I ended up having to take a break from college, a lot of stuff happened and i ended up not being interested at all in continuing schooling) so all these jobs requires paraprofessional experience or degrees is kinda disheartening, and i'm invested in this promotion BECAUSE it gives paraprofessional experience... so it's kinda like make or break for me y'know.

thanks.

and yea, your hard work and (most likely) superior ability to navigate the virtual space should give you the definite edge, but unfortunately, the best person isn't always chosen.

good luck

SauI_Goodman posted...

Honestly i gave up after a while. The problem is the director is always changing

this is by design. The idea is everyone under that director is socially starting from scratch each time. Ive seen how policies are made, and this is one of the reasons

and what happens is i get passed up because i look young despite being 40. And then they bring in an older person who most times has no idea what theyre doing.

funny how that works, doesnt it? Its also by design.

companies have a strong interest NOT to promote from within - give people hope and they will ask for more

I eventually left for a better opportunity and ran into a colleague from the former place and they said if they had known i wasnt 20 they would have given it me. I guess im good enough to train the manager but not be the manager. -_-

This is also by design. Youre always too young. Then youre too old, almost instantly. Youre too inexperienced, but once youre experienced enough youre overqualified, almost instantly. Youre always too meek, until all of a sudden youre too loud and rude. You do not have enough initiative, until you suddenly are too cavalier.

are you seeing a pattern? There is always something wrong with you. So you better accept a below average wage with above average workload, because theyre doing you a favor by taking you in.

Also common sense would say if i mention during the interview ive been doing this job for 10 years theres no way i started when i was 10. -_-

Anyways, im content with where im at. Management wasnt in the works for me. I should actuallly be grateful. No stress, no meetings, no politics.

management is not for anyone without connections, that is. Chad who graduated with a 2.3 GPA from testicleville state university with a major in communications and a minor in sports management and 0 experience is going to be your manager or your managers manager, because his was at the alpha pi pi gamma fraternity with the boss of your boss.