She isn't here yet... but an HR coworker who works with that other group just told me that a new person was starting on Monday. So, I'm guessing this is not good news. This job was the only HR posting.
She isn't here yet... but an HR coworker who works with that other group just told me that a new person was starting on Monday. So, I'm guessing this is not good news. This job was the only HR posting.
Just.... fuck. FUCK.
Ughhhhh, I hope that isn't the case. Sending good thoughts your way!
So it's officially a no, she took great pains to say she wanted to inform me personally instead of me seeing a mass email. LOL, you might need to talk with your cohorts who actually SENT OUT A MASS EMAIL before saying that to me.
As I suspected, the external candidate had more direct experience. She said it seemed in my interview that I wanted more traditional HR experience and would like to bring me into certain departments in the corporate area, like job evaluation and learning/development (both of which I'm very interested in). So basically, we won't hire you and pay you more, but we'll throw you the smallest bone possible and hopefully you'll stay.
How the FUCK am I supposed to get more direct experience when I am sitting in a job that is going nowhere and that is so business-based that my HR skills are growing stagnant? I'm so frustrated.
She also told me I'm so quiet in the monthly HR meetings and to speak up more. Woman. I would speak up more if ANY of you showed the slightest interest in my position or my department, or if I linked at all with what all of you are doing. When all of you give off a vibe of I don't care, it doesn't really make me want to be happy and bouncy and placate to you.
I'm back to square one, fucking broke and drowning. I'm not sure what to do.
With how depressed/anxious I've been, it's been hard to be more proactive and rah rah at work, and when she told me about the being quiet during meetings thing, that is where most of it comes from. I don't feel like telling this woman she has the wrong idea, that I've been having panic attacks in my office and could barely sleep, not that I am uninterested or don't want to contribute.
Post by bullygirl979 on May 28, 2015 11:26:53 GMT -5
gault, I also think it's hard to be rah-rah when you don't feel like you are going anywhere. You've been trying hard to make moves happen. When your talents and hard work aren't be recognized, it's difficult to act all happy to be there.
Take any and all opportunities she is offering and do so happily. Look at it as an investment in your future instead of as doing more for the same pay. Sometimes you have to demonstrate you can do the job before it'll be given to you. When you are in a particular role, it's difficult for the people you work with to see you as anything but that role. You've got to show them you can do it. And do it enthusiastically even if the enthusiasm is fake. It's hard, I know, but it's really the only way. I know this from experience too. My last company lost a $3million dollar deal likely because I'd worked at the company we were pitching to years prior in a very junior role. I'll tell the story...
I worked at ABC company as a Compensation Analyst. I did job evals, salary planning, answered market surveys and anayzed the results to determine our merit and bonus pools and managed our annual merit and bonus processes. 6-7 years later I'm working as a senior level consultant for XYZ Consulting Group and XYZ is pitching ABC company to do their PeopleSoft upgrade. I'm positioned on the sales pitch to lead their Change Management effort; a very senior role that will recommend initiatives to getting the organization to accept the new system to Exec level leadership. Despite the fact I'm telling them exactly what I'm going to do to make sure their upgrade is successful, they just keep hammering me and my leadership team on the fact they are positioning a Comp Analyst as a thought leader. Because to them, that's what I was because they'd never seen me be anything different. We eventually lost the bid and their feedback on why included me as a reason.
It stung but I learned sometimes you have to show evidence of doing a job well to convince someone you can. Anyway, hope that helps.