The World of Academe Can SUCK It
I am so irate right now and so ready to just explode. In brief, one of the places I work at, when I was first hired, expressed how much they wanted me there full-time and that a position would be available in the spring and my name was on it. Phrases like "next in line," "earmarked for you," "you are on the radar," were thrown about for the next 6 months and as it turns out there was no position. I was told I would informed when one would become available. A casual hello e-mail today reveals to me that a position was open. Yes, you read right....WAS. The applications were to be in by April 4 for a full-time position in the fall. Was I notified? No. Was I on any radar? Does not look like it. I was told that I hope I applied. I call the HR office and a pool of over 100 applicants was sent over to the committee and that my trying to fill in a form now would be moot. Makes sense since it is 18 days after the fact. I feel totally hoodwinked and feel that I was told that so I would accept the position and make the school look good on paper for minority employees. There are some days when I despise affirmative action. I spent an hour and a half making calls trying to find someone with answers, but it is Firday and everyone runs home as soon as they can. So now...I am fucked. Royally. I am so tired of working all these jobs and going to all these campuses. This was promised to me and would have solved SO many problems for me, and now I am back to square one.
THIS SUCKS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASS!
I am so irate right now and so ready to just explode. In brief, one of the places I work at, when I was first hired, expressed how much they wanted me there full-time and that a position would be available in the spring and my name was on it. Phrases like "next in line," "earmarked for you," "you are on the radar," were thrown about for the next 6 months and as it turns out there was no position. I was told I would informed when one would become available. A casual hello e-mail today reveals to me that a position was open. Yes, you read right....WAS. The applications were to be in by April 4 for a full-time position in the fall. Was I notified? No. Was I on any radar? Does not look like it. I was told that I hope I applied. I call the HR office and a pool of over 100 applicants was sent over to the committee and that my trying to fill in a form now would be moot. Makes sense since it is 18 days after the fact. I feel totally hoodwinked and feel that I was told that so I would accept the position and make the school look good on paper for minority employees. There are some days when I despise affirmative action. I spent an hour and a half making calls trying to find someone with answers, but it is Firday and everyone runs home as soon as they can. So now...I am fucked. Royally. I am so tired of working all these jobs and going to all these campuses. This was promised to me and would have solved SO many problems for me, and now I am back to square one.
THIS SUCKS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASS!
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