I recently applied for a higher position at a manufacturing plant. This work includes training other team members and gives the person in this position more training on machines etc..
I got a call saying they were going to go with someone else. Thats fine if they find someone who is more qualified than me and go with them. I was a little bummed because when the person in this current roll got promoted everything landed on me. I was training and doing way more maintenance than what I am payed for. But they told me that they weren’t going with me because I wasn’t doing any tasks for the position I applied for.
First, yes I have been since the previous person got promoted. Second, I was not being paid nor do I have all the training for this role so why would I be expected to do those tasks? They get so upset when people don’t go out of their way doing their job plus some then for the people that do it’s not enough? This just destroyed my self esteem (or what little I had left) because I know how much work I was doing but it wasn’t enough. Can’t wait for when they expect me to train them because I won’t.
I will also be starting college soon and I am worried I won’t be able to afford to quit this job ($25.00 12 hrs 2,2,3 schedule) to find a job with less hours to fit my college schedule. Growing up is fucking scary.