I work in public relations for a big organisation. I was upfront in my interview and didn’t pretend to be anything other than me and was given the job.
The person who lost out to me was also given a role within the wider team and since then have not stopped going on about how they came in second for my role.
When they cover for our team (out at lunch or meetings), they will finish off my work.
They are a lot younger than me and are across absolutely everything- they read all the reports across all departments in their spare time. I don’t have that time outside of work.
my head of department (not on interview panel) has said a few times in meetings how my colleague was born to do my job. I’ve had no such praise.
My other team member in my direct team, was sacked yesterday.
When I started with the team, my line manager was keen for me to learn the ropes cautiously and check everything with her as we went. Because she made it clear that’s how she wanted things, I’ve continued to work like that. Now the colleague who went for my job is getting praised for jumping straight in and ‘getting things done.’
my self confidence is so low I don’t know if I want to fight as hard as I’d need to on this one.
am I being a bit pathetic to want to leave? I have raised my concerns to my line manager but there’s only so many times she can give me a pep talk. They’re talking about bringing in the colleague who came in second to take over from the colleague who was sacked. It’s a good move for the business but I can already see me getting pushed out.
what would you do? am I being a bit pathetic?