Now that I've had a night's sleep, I've calmed down slightly. The chances of me fire-bombing my employer have dropped drastically, though my fury is a seething mass just beyond my calm exterior.
With the calm has come an understanding of what pisses me off the most about the whole thing.
I was told my two years of experience is worthless. Sure it's only two years, but in that two years I went from having a vague understanding of how a computer works to building computers and successfully troubleshooting common and not so common errors. But all that means nothing and is as worthless as tits on a boar, according to the fine upstanding HR dimwitted asshats.
And that translates into me being considered worthless.
I've often heard how I was hired because of 'family' connections. But I was interviewed by a team of people. They all had a say in which candidate was hired. Sure, I knew or knew of the people on the team, but it wasn't like we were all drinking buddies or some shit. They made the final decision and I refuse to believe it was based on 'family' ties. Hell I made a few interview no-no's, and still got hired for the job.
As far as prior experience goes, and this one is great, I've heard the tale of the daughter of a secretary who was hired for a position. Her previous experience was bar tending. Tending bar and performing secretarial duties are two different things, but her pay got bumped up for 'previous experience'. That reeks of 'family' ties.
But that's what it comes down to, that's what pisses me off the most... my experience counts for nothing and is worthless, which through the odd meanderings of my thought processes, means I'm worthless.
I'm generally a very patient person. Seriously! I can put up with a lot of bullshit, but this is the shit that breaks my patience and eventually my will.
Fuck 'em, I say, just fuck 'em.
