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To: highlander_UW

Managers don’t like it when their underlings are more qualified for their job then they are.


9 posted on 08/17/2010 7:51:14 PM PDT by DHSMostWanted (Thankful the Founding Fathers committed Treason against the Crown)
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To: DHSMostWanted
Managers don’t like it when their underlings are more qualified for their job then they are.

I am firmly convinced you are correct. Initially I applied for positions in the general range of my skills. Over the last couple of months I've applied for entry level positions in banks, grocery stores, hotels and the like. I have a college degree, 25 years of work experience and never been fired from a job...so I have work references. There are far more applicants than there are openings. I am willing to take less than my benefits provide, although if I do so I'd prefer that the location is a bit more rural so I might grown some vegetables to supplant an exceedingly low income.

16 posted on 08/17/2010 7:56:49 PM PDT by highlander_UW (Education is too important to abdicate control of it to the government)
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To: DHSMostWanted

AMEN to that!!! And it leads to horrible management.


22 posted on 08/17/2010 8:02:10 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Vote McCarthy (MA-4)/Bielat (MA-6). MA-6 is Bwaney's district.)
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To: DHSMostWanted

I am experiencing this very problem right now... I have more expertise and experience than my younger boss right now... We have had several face downs - and I risk getting fired because of his insecurity and fragile ego ...


43 posted on 08/17/2010 8:20:23 PM PDT by ICCtheWay
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To: DHSMostWanted

Correct.


78 posted on 08/17/2010 9:00:49 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (Obama is Dangerclown The Manchild)
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To: DHSMostWanted
Managers don’t like it when their underlings are more qualified for their job then they are.

Well then quit tooting your horn...just do the job hired for and stop stepping on the toes of those who have been tested and tried. I'm an underling now and yes it is an adjustment....but the people I am working with are now telling the managers how much they are learning from me...that makes me valuable to those managers...and I can live with letting some of my skills be copied...it's good for us all. The point is you have to adapt to the informnment you are in and step back some.

81 posted on 08/17/2010 9:03:10 PM PDT by caww
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