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HoneycrispApple · 04/10/2023 01:32

Will keep it brief. I was hired by a company a few months ago and promised the world in terms of learning opportunities and progression. I really tried my best and got stuck in. I have done all I can to make a good impression and shown that I am eager to learn and take on new responsibilities. I took on way more than what was in my contract and executed projects that were far beyond my experience.

fast forward to now - my boss hired someone who he worked previously with for three years. She needed a job and they are friends. He now gives everything to her and will likely give her the director role I was essentially promised at the start.

I feel like I’ve been kicked to the curb. So disappointed and so upset. It’s blatant favouritism.

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HoneycrispApple · 04/10/2023 01:33

Posted too soon!

does anyone have advise or been through similar?

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MintJulia · 04/10/2023 02:02

I think you may be jumping to the wrong conclusion. I hope so.

Your boss took you on as a relatively inexperienced newbie. You have proved your worth and that you can be trusted to work on your own without supervision. You are clearly paying your way but may be overloading yourself.

If the company is growing, your boss will need more staff. Someone he knows has proven skills became available (in the middle of a skills shortage) and he hired that person too.

He can trust you to get on with your work, and is now focused on on-boarding the next newbie.

Don't take against the newbie. Show your boss that you can work collaboratively. Each of you will have skills and experience that the other does not, so welcome the new person and offer them any support you can. It shows your maturity.

And if they do turn out to be a competitor, then the old maxim of '....and keep your enemies closer' applies.

HoneycrispApple · 04/10/2023 02:09

Thanks @MintJulia

I think there have just been obvious signs that this is not the case.

I used to be on a call with very senior people weekly. It wasn’t on my cal for the last few weeks - I thought it had been cancelled as I know people had been away etc. turns out I just got booted off and the new hire is on it instead.

the new hire and my boss were discussing in front of me today - how he wanted her to present in this meeting on behalf of the whole of our department. I’m just so disappointed that this was not discussed with me before and that I was just booted off and lead to believe it wasn’t happening.

If I have done something wrong, I want to know. If I haven’t been performing, I want to know. If the new hire has been hired to be my boss, I want to know. I had amazing feedback up until she joined. Now nothing and I feel like I’m just annoying my boss.

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