Venting/ asking for advice?
Lurked on here a bit, thought I might rant.
I work for a very structured entity and during my first month of employment two vacancies in our department were opened that would have dropped my commute by 40-45 minutes each way. I was told by a district supervisor that they “sent it up the chain, and their was nothing that could be done due to being in a probationary period.” I was also discouraged from applying to these other positions through normal channels by my direct supervisor (a crony of the district supervisors) and to be grateful because the drive could have been even longer if given a different position. I have both of those communications, via email, saved.
That brings us to this past Friday I see that a new employee hired in March, still very well in their probationary period has taken a transfer to an open position. If it makes that persons life better I’m happy for them. I was eventually able to transfer to a closer location (after someone similarly fed up resigned). However, I can’t help but be upset and feel duped, because I spent so much time and money(my own fault yes) based on statements by these two individuals. Unsure how I should handle this, whether or not to go through our union and try to get an explanation, or inquire with HR to see if policies changed.