Been with my company for 4 years. They have known since day 1 that moving up was my goal. A management position opened up in late April and I applied for it. Passed a 2 hour online assessment, made it through to the final round of interviews, it was down to me and one other candidate. The other candidate has 1 year less experience than me so I kind of figured I’d have it in the bag. Interviews all went very well. He was given the position simply because he lived closer to the territory that it covered (I thought it was a BS excuse) but I tried to keep a positive attitude. Fast forward to this month, another management position opens which is extremely rare for it to happen twice in several years let alone 6 months. I applied again, and again I had a fantastic interview, was told I was well qualified for the position and that they think I’d excel in the role. They ended up giving the job to someone who’s been with the company 4 months and has no prior experience in our industry. Mind you, the minimum requirements as listed on the job posting were at least 1 year in your current position. Honestly never been more insulted. I strongly believe they refuse to promote me because I do TOO good of a job and I operate a very difficult and demanding route and they don’t want to have to put someone else on it. I was in the top 10 technicians in the entire company (won’t say the name but it is the largest company in this industry) last year and I’m currently number 4 year to date this year. Needless to say, I won’t be sticking around.