Border Patrol Stories
Promotion Offered, Psych!
Years ago, I had been I had been given an informal offer to promote within my work center. There were two of us assigned with one vacancy. I was going to promote to the vacant position.
When given the informal offer, of course I accepted. Like any promotion, there was going to be a bump in pay, stability for my family, and the affirmation from the Patrol that I was doing good work. Win, win, win!
Well, it turned out that another employee was returning to the Patrol from an exterior assignment and he needed to land somewhere. The powers to be saw a vacancy. It was the very same vacancy for which I had just received the informal offer. "They" put the returning employee in the vacancy, nullifying my promotion. All without me knowing.
The next day, my boss asked to see me in an empty conference room. I thought that I must have really messed something up. Even though I couldn't think of anything I had done wrong.
My boss told me, "You know that promotion you were offered? Well, they're not giving it to you. Mike is is going to lateral into the position. I'm sorry."
My response was, "You know I'm banging in tomorrow, right?"
When given the informal offer, of course I accepted. Like any promotion, there was going to be a bump in pay, stability for my family, and the affirmation from the Patrol that I was doing good work. Win, win, win!
Well, it turned out that another employee was returning to the Patrol from an exterior assignment and he needed to land somewhere. The powers to be saw a vacancy. It was the very same vacancy for which I had just received the informal offer. "They" put the returning employee in the vacancy, nullifying my promotion. All without me knowing.
The next day, my boss asked to see me in an empty conference room. I thought that I must have really messed something up. Even though I couldn't think of anything I had done wrong.
My boss told me, "You know that promotion you were offered? Well, they're not giving it to you. Mike is is going to lateral into the position. I'm sorry."
My response was, "You know I'm banging in tomorrow, right?"
Promotion Offered, Psych!
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