Yesterday I Interviewed For My Job
Yup, the job I've had for 3 months since my promotion. The job that was created specifically for me because of my knowledge of the workings of the department. The job working on a content management system that I installed, setup and maintain. The job that I'm not diverse enough to be appointed to.
The campus diversity officer stepped into my appointment process and (without even meeting me) declared it invalid unless there was an open recruitment. WTF? I had already been given the position by HR. We finished salary negotiations, benefits, everything. Then some random droid stops things and essentially turns HR into liars by making them go back on what they've promised.
So I played it 'in good faith' and showed up to be interviewed with a tie and good shirt. The head of the hiring board was the timecard clerk who sends my timesheet to me in Filemaker Pro format every month which then necessitates my calling her an reminding her that I don't have Filemaker and will need a hardcopy timesheet. She has no knowledge of the project, or the department. Why was she the head of the committee? Because she had the anti-discrimination training required to hold that particular position.
Bleh, they keep saying they want it to be a 'fair' process but fair is arbitrary by definition. If the school cut the arms off of every employee, it would be fair right? It would suck, it would destroy productivity, but because it happened to everyone it would be fair. They've confused the reasoning behind why it's important to have a (potentially) diverse workplace. It's not to be fair, it's to avoid overlooking qualified candidates. Fair doesn't support effective execution of business processes. Fuck fair.
Yup, the job I've had for 3 months since my promotion. The job that was created specifically for me because of my knowledge of the workings of the department. The job working on a content management system that I installed, setup and maintain. The job that I'm not diverse enough to be appointed to.
The campus diversity officer stepped into my appointment process and (without even meeting me) declared it invalid unless there was an open recruitment. WTF? I had already been given the position by HR. We finished salary negotiations, benefits, everything. Then some random droid stops things and essentially turns HR into liars by making them go back on what they've promised.
So I played it 'in good faith' and showed up to be interviewed with a tie and good shirt. The head of the hiring board was the timecard clerk who sends my timesheet to me in Filemaker Pro format every month which then necessitates my calling her an reminding her that I don't have Filemaker and will need a hardcopy timesheet. She has no knowledge of the project, or the department. Why was she the head of the committee? Because she had the anti-discrimination training required to hold that particular position.
Bleh, they keep saying they want it to be a 'fair' process but fair is arbitrary by definition. If the school cut the arms off of every employee, it would be fair right? It would suck, it would destroy productivity, but because it happened to everyone it would be fair. They've confused the reasoning behind why it's important to have a (potentially) diverse workplace. It's not to be fair, it's to avoid overlooking qualified candidates. Fair doesn't support effective execution of business processes. Fuck fair.