So I didn't get the job, and the person who did started today.

[IdaBriggs]

I'm a contract employee, and after nearly a year on the job, they posted the position I am currently performing. I don't get along with the manager I would be reporting to (I do the job under a different department), so it wasn't a shock when I didn't get it.

The person he hired started today. I will still be here (per *my* manager) until the end of the year.

Totally irks me - I'm not qualified to "hire" for the position I am (and have been) performing for nearly a year. I get along well with everyone (except the IT guy who was doing the hiring). At the same time, its not the fault of the person who got hired.

Opinions? Thoughts? ARGH!!! Want to behave with class, like getting a paycheck, and the Michigan economy is bad, otherwise I'd already be gone....:(

[raccoon]

1. Continue doing your work as usual, and accept it with such grace as you can.

I agree, it bites. The economy bites. THe job market bites.

I put in for a full-time position here (I've been part-time for over a decade), but I don't have high hopes.

[IdaBriggs]

2. The challenging part will be training her to replace me.

That is going to be "fun" - not looking forward to it. :(

[FBaggins]

5. You should consider asking for "pay to stay"...

...assuming you're needed to do that training

If there isn't anyone else who can do the job, then they need you for the next several weeks. If you know your job will be gone at year-end, but need to set job searching aside to "take one for the team" - then they should pay you for that sacrifice.

[david13]

3. All you can do is bear with it. This is a rather common situation.

Just be thankful that you are not here, where the competition for jobs is about 10 times what it is in Michigan.
dc

[KG]

4. sabotage

[IdaBriggs]

10. Can't / Won't. That would be unethical, and I won't do it.

The truth is they had every right to hire somebody they felt could do a better job than I am doing. I obviously think they are wrong, but at the end of the day, just because I think they are idiots is not a good enough reason for them to hire me. (Okay, that might not make sense - LOL!)

Bottom line is I need to do my best so I can leave with a clean conscience. My feelings are hurt, but I have a low tolerance for stupid, and it wouldn't have been a good long term fit. Sniff. I really like(d) the rest of the people I work with, though, and I will miss the pleasant atmosphere (with the exception of the guy who didn't worship me as the Goddess I am - LOL!).

[prolesunited]

6. Have you examined why you didn't get along with the manager?

Has it been a problem in the past?

You need to make sure the situation doesn't occur again.

Next, do an excellent job on the way out. One, they may still keep you on and two, the references are important.

Good luck.

[IdaBriggs]

9. Yes. I made him look like an idiot while saving the company $300K.

Then I committed the ultimate crime, and kind of did it again, only that time I only saved the company about $75K.

Add in him asking me to schedule a meeting with five other people, then him not showing up for it which I kind of raised a stink about (her "overslept"), since it was an issue impacting three other departments, and the only thing I could do worse was --

Keep doing things he says are "impossible" in a few days, which I've done now about six times. :shrug:

Politically, I've made my bosses look good, and I've obviously been a benefit to the company, but since I am a contractor, I am not "protected" politically and am expendable; he also has family ties to the president of the company, so what can I do? I've done a good job, and will continue to do that good job, but this person is frankly an idiot, and I'm definitely better off not reporting to him. Although to be fair, the folks I've done the good work for have kept me on a three-month project for nearly a year, so me whining about not being protected isn't really fair.

My ego is bruised. I'll get over it. :(

[Bertha Venation]

7. I'm sorry, Ida.

I wish I had some good words for you, but can only offer you :hug:

[Gormy Cuss]

8. You may have already looked into this, but are you sure that the contract status was legal?

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99921,00.html

If your work arrangements fail many of the tests then you were cheated out of employee status and the company would owe taxes and you may qualify for benefits. It's a long shot but at this point you have little to lose.

[Javaman]

11. wedgies solve all of lifes annoying problems. nt

[LostInAnomie]

12. Half ass the hell out of your time left.

Spend a good portion of your time contacting other potential employers. Make as many free copies as you want of your resume. Skip meetings. Stop paying lip-service to people that don't deserve it. Just do the bare minimum to avoid getting fired.

[stray cat]

13. So do you know anything about the qualifications that wanted for the "permanent" position?

In many jobs they fill an opening temporarily until they can find the person they want for the position - sometimes even for years.

[IdaBriggs]

14. I think the #1 was someone who wouldn't keep making the IT Director

look like an idiot by showing him up / demonstrating he doesn't really know what he's doing. The rest of the job description was *my job* (and I was initially under the impression it had been posted to bring me on board).

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

15. See if the department you're in and have good relations with can't try

to move you officially into their department.