I am SO upset right now. Sorry to unload on you guys, but if I don't say something to someone I think I'll explode.
Let me start with a little background. I'm a security guard at a high security plant. We needed a second in command for a long time. I have experience in business management (I managed a busy night club, and a busy hotel housekeeping department, I have handled a staff of up to 16 employees with no problems), so I applied for the job before it was posted. It went to the Security companies downtown office, as well as our Site supervisor, as well as the safety and security manager at the plant. Well the guy downtown who handles the plants account really doesn't like me, I don't know why, but he's hated me from day one. I'm pretty sure as soon as he got my resume it went into the shredder. Anyways, they appointed a 2I/C without ever posting the job, or doing interviews (the union agreement states that all internal job openings be posted and should more then one person apply interviews should be done). The person who they gave the job to is a young man who doesn't have a very high opinion of women at all (he's muslim). I'm not prejudiced, or anything along those lines, I will not say a bad thing against you unless you give me a reason. He has had a horrible attitude towards myself and the other woman who works here since he arrived on our site only 3 months ago. He will belittle, dismiss and shut down ANYTHING we say. Well a young man at the plant passed away last week, and his wife came in today to collect his personal things from his locker. She was obviously upset, and was asking questions. I offered an explanation to something she asked, and the 2 I/C told me "It's fine Alex, we've got it covered, you don't need to be in here" In front of the woman and her friend!!!! I obviously didn't say anything in front of her because I didn't want to upset her further, so I left the room and sat down in the command center just seething with anger. He had the nerve to shut me down and dismiss me!!!! He does this ALL the time. After she left, I decided to let it go for a little while so I could calm down and talk to him rationally about it. The Supervisor came in to get some information, I answered a question for him because I had JUST like 25 seconds ago looked it up. Well the 2 I/C dismissed what I said again, and said he is looking it up right now on another computer. That set me off! I told him, I had just looked it up, and this is the answer, he said, "that's fine, I'll just look it up again." Now I know that I'm sounding a little petty, but I swear I'm not a petty person at all. He is condescending and arrogent, and it was meant to be said in a way that shows how incompetant I am. So I got up left, had a cigarette and decided the best way to handle the situation is to leave, so I got up and left for the other area of the building that has a round the clock guard (normally we rotate every 2 hours). As I was leaving he followed me outside and told me that if I have an issue with him to be upfront about it. I told him that under no circumstance is he allowed to shut me down, or dismiss me especially in front of other people. He wouldn't even let me get that out. As soon as I started to open my mouth he tried cutting me off with that "I'm Your supervisor and you Have to respect me" bullsh!t! I told him that the conversation is over, and he is not to speak to me in such a manner ever again, then I turned and walked away.
I am this close to quitting my job. A job that I fully enjoyed not even 6 months ago, it has slowly gotten less and less fun to go to work. I hate that I'm letting him push me away from a job that I used to enjoy, but when I work with him (which is alot), I want to either hit him really hard with something heavey, or jump in front of a truck myself! I'm so mad right now, I could cry, but if I do that, it'll prove to that @sshole that I'm weaker and inferior. AAARRRRGGGGHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry. I think I'm done now. Thanks for listening.