Take this job and...
Nov. 22nd, 2024 07:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
superbadgirlSo, a job came open a couple of months ago. A colleague was asked/encouraged to apply by a bigwig manager (not her direct manager). I applied. Another person applied. My colleague...missed the deadline for internal candidates. In the past, if you missed the deadline and there were enough viable internal candidates, then sorry for your luck, you missed out. Welp, both the other person and I were very qualified for this position, and yet when my colleague pled her case ... management opened the position externally, which allowed her to apply. Fine. Sketchy change of policy, but whatever. Then, the interviews. On the panel of interviewers for both rounds - the bigwig manager who asked colleague to apply.
Want to guess who got the job? Take a stab.
It wasn't me.
Now, I know I sound like sour grapes but genuinely, I didn't really, totally want the gig anyway. However, the other candidate who didn't get it truly did. And it feels as though she was strung along and that my colleague who got it was cherry picked, that no other candidate truly was in the running. At the very least, the guy who asked her to apply should not have been on the interview panel, because, wellllll, it would appear some bias played a role here.
Or is it just me?
Happy Friday? I indulged in an energy drink today and here's how that goes: I get hyper for hours, and then I get a massive headache and crash hard. Why do I do it? I dunno, I get the energy drinks for free as an incentive from the grocery store. Almost all of their "free item for loyal customer coupons" are energy drinks, and damn it if I can't resist free stuff. Maybe this time I'll learn.
Other thing: last weekend I organized my storage cubby where I house my jeans, other trousers, sweaters, extra quilts and bedding. In what turned out to be an error of epic proportions, I spritzed some Odo-Ban in there when the items were out, as my house is 75 years old and you know that funk old plywood gets? The cubby was old plywoody scented. Alas, the Odo-Ban had the opposite effect. It enhanced the terrible smell LIKE WHOA. So, tonight I hit it with Kilz and will paint tomorrow. I hope it works, because I'm fairly sure the Kilz really amped up my caffeine crash head pain. Well, that and my hormone levels which are perfect for headache right now anyway.
My Christmas card picture is disappointing this year. It just won't print the way I want it to. That said, if you want a card, a post or two back is where you should let me know.
Want to guess who got the job? Take a stab.
It wasn't me.
Now, I know I sound like sour grapes but genuinely, I didn't really, totally want the gig anyway. However, the other candidate who didn't get it truly did. And it feels as though she was strung along and that my colleague who got it was cherry picked, that no other candidate truly was in the running. At the very least, the guy who asked her to apply should not have been on the interview panel, because, wellllll, it would appear some bias played a role here.
Or is it just me?
Happy Friday? I indulged in an energy drink today and here's how that goes: I get hyper for hours, and then I get a massive headache and crash hard. Why do I do it? I dunno, I get the energy drinks for free as an incentive from the grocery store. Almost all of their "free item for loyal customer coupons" are energy drinks, and damn it if I can't resist free stuff. Maybe this time I'll learn.
Other thing: last weekend I organized my storage cubby where I house my jeans, other trousers, sweaters, extra quilts and bedding. In what turned out to be an error of epic proportions, I spritzed some Odo-Ban in there when the items were out, as my house is 75 years old and you know that funk old plywood gets? The cubby was old plywoody scented. Alas, the Odo-Ban had the opposite effect. It enhanced the terrible smell LIKE WHOA. So, tonight I hit it with Kilz and will paint tomorrow. I hope it works, because I'm fairly sure the Kilz really amped up my caffeine crash head pain. Well, that and my hormone levels which are perfect for headache right now anyway.
My Christmas card picture is disappointing this year. It just won't print the way I want it to. That said, if you want a card, a post or two back is where you should let me know.
