by Susan B. Anna

Created on: August 20, 2008   Last Updated: April 27, 2010

Management at my place of employment is not only mediocre, but always on the receiving end of one controversy after another. The backstabbing and double-standards faced each day is enough to make you want to puke, or worse want to even quit your job. You tend to go to these team leaders for support and possible solutions to incorrect time keeping, office disputes or productivity issues; yet get nothing but the run around, or worse get classified for being a pain in the rear because you choose to speak your mind.

From day one I have noticed the many things management has put their subordinates through and simply get a bad taste in my mouth. What bothers me most is that it is somewhat considered the norm. Many tend to keep quiet when treated unfairly, and most don't even bother to admit theirs a problem for fear of being ejected from their positions.

I started with this company in the year 1998. In 2001 I was with the company and department I worked in for three years. I became pregnant with my first child and before going out on maternity leave, two weeks before I gave birth they hired a clerk. This clerk worked previously for the company as a student and quickly became the supervisors pet.
Upon my being out on maternity disability I was informed one of my co-workers was leaving her position for good, and due to seniority I should be considered next in line for the position. I was out in total five months, kept in constant communication with my supervisors, managers and co-workers, and before my return I took my son in to meet them and discuss my return. While there I went to the head of the department's office, showed off my new baby, and hinted that I would be interested in obtaining the open position. "And you deserve it," he said to which I assumed now was already in the works for my return in the next two weeks.

Here I was, a new excited mom, and quite possibly returning to a promotion and increase in salary. To my surprise, the position was given to the clerk during my absence. The position was posted internally, an exam given maybe the day after I came in with my son, and she was probably even given the answers, as management themselves create these exams. It was then I got my first taste on how management worked within our organization, and so of course, I went to our union representatives and pleaded my case. It simply baffled me that I went in a day before you knew this exam was being given, and they all acted as if they had developed a bad case of

• 1
• 2
• Next Page >>