Infidel Castro
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First of all, I\'m lucky that I\'m in a stable job in a stable industry (I muck out horses. Hoho! I don\'t really. For those in the know I work for Welsh Water Waste. In an office, not on the ground) and I don\'t mean to come across as a whinger when a lot of people are struggling for work...but by Jove am I angry!
There was role advertised a while ago for two stages above me, and due to some comments by the big boss feller (not to be confused with other bosses I\'m going to mention) I decided not to go for it (it appeared he was lining someone up for the role). Being two steps ahead of where I was, I also felt it to be common-sense to work into the next level first (which I\'m pushing hard for) and leave the guy above me in peace to go for the role I\'d have happily seen him in (sound chap - good drinking buddy, etc).
Eight went for it, three I knew of (the guy above me, another feller I used to work with and then a new starter) and the other five were likely external.
We found out today who got it, and the winner was the new starter. I say new starter, she only got a contract in November if I recall correctly. Pretty green I\'d say, but no reason why she can\'t get on in life. The thing that riles me up is this - the lady in question worked for a firm represented in its logo by a black horse. Hell, it might even be called Black Horse (Lloyds TSB)
. This is where the trouble begins.
I started my job 3.5yrs ago. Roughly 2.5 yrs ago, a lady came in to take over the head position (below the big boss feller). Her previous job was with Lloyds. Over the period of a year or so, we gradually saw people coming into the business from the position of Temp through to fully blown contracts, all of them women, all of them from - wait for it - Lloyds. The positions filled are pretty nice ones too, such as her understudy position, Complaints, Section 81 (Councils, roadworks, etc), Despatch (my dept), as well as the bog-standard call-taking. When the head lady was promoted on to another part of the business, her understudy came in and took the role, and has seemingly set up a part of the office that can only be described as the ex-Lloyds section. Anyone who was with Lloyds has been manoeuvred into a position within her team or - at worst - very close to it. Another role came up recently, for an equal position to the one I never applied for (keeping up with me?) and that went to another Lloyds worker. There\'s a new role in place now, just filled by an ex-Lloyds worker, and another forthcoming one with another ex-Lloyds person being given the nod. With this other job now taken by the girl below me in my team, we have the full-house of ex-Lloyds employees in positions of authority or influence (or even in \'easy\' 9-5 roles that are coveted given our shifts).
I HAVE HAD A FARKING TITFUL OF THE NEPOTISM THAT HAS MADE MY WORKPLACE A JOKE.
Sorry for boring you, but I had to vent somewhere. I REALLY HAD TO VENT.
I\'m uber-pissed off.
:flame:
There was role advertised a while ago for two stages above me, and due to some comments by the big boss feller (not to be confused with other bosses I\'m going to mention) I decided not to go for it (it appeared he was lining someone up for the role). Being two steps ahead of where I was, I also felt it to be common-sense to work into the next level first (which I\'m pushing hard for) and leave the guy above me in peace to go for the role I\'d have happily seen him in (sound chap - good drinking buddy, etc).
Eight went for it, three I knew of (the guy above me, another feller I used to work with and then a new starter) and the other five were likely external.
We found out today who got it, and the winner was the new starter. I say new starter, she only got a contract in November if I recall correctly. Pretty green I\'d say, but no reason why she can\'t get on in life. The thing that riles me up is this - the lady in question worked for a firm represented in its logo by a black horse. Hell, it might even be called Black Horse (Lloyds TSB)
. This is where the trouble begins. I started my job 3.5yrs ago. Roughly 2.5 yrs ago, a lady came in to take over the head position (below the big boss feller). Her previous job was with Lloyds. Over the period of a year or so, we gradually saw people coming into the business from the position of Temp through to fully blown contracts, all of them women, all of them from - wait for it - Lloyds. The positions filled are pretty nice ones too, such as her understudy position, Complaints, Section 81 (Councils, roadworks, etc), Despatch (my dept), as well as the bog-standard call-taking. When the head lady was promoted on to another part of the business, her understudy came in and took the role, and has seemingly set up a part of the office that can only be described as the ex-Lloyds section. Anyone who was with Lloyds has been manoeuvred into a position within her team or - at worst - very close to it. Another role came up recently, for an equal position to the one I never applied for (keeping up with me?) and that went to another Lloyds worker. There\'s a new role in place now, just filled by an ex-Lloyds worker, and another forthcoming one with another ex-Lloyds person being given the nod. With this other job now taken by the girl below me in my team, we have the full-house of ex-Lloyds employees in positions of authority or influence (or even in \'easy\' 9-5 roles that are coveted given our shifts).
I HAVE HAD A FARKING TITFUL OF THE NEPOTISM THAT HAS MADE MY WORKPLACE A JOKE.
Sorry for boring you, but I had to vent somewhere. I REALLY HAD TO VENT.
I\'m uber-pissed off.
:flame:
