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RE: A sense of "Entitlement?" - 12/3/2006 9:08:50 PM

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Seriously, mail me and we can talk, right now I am trying to straighten out financials by a company that was owned and operated by Meyer Lansky.........to equate their GAAP with anything other than whimsical would be less than conservatively jubilant.

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RE: A sense of "Entitlement?" - 12/4/2006 6:38:10 AM

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listen, your talking human nature. The one woman really wanted that promotion too. She thought she deserved it. I know Ive gotten POed when I see others being treated batter than myself and I hold a masters degree.

I went to school believeing that a degree was what the world wanted you to have, in order to move up through the ranks. So to be overlooked is really a slap in the face. Especially if that person is younger than you.

Give the woman a break. She was obviously very very hurt by all this.

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RE: A sense of "Entitlement?" - 12/4/2006 7:01:36 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: sophia37

listen, your talking human nature. The one woman really wanted that promotion too. She thought she deserved it. I know Ive gotten POed when I see others being treated batter than myself and I hold a masters degree.

I went to school believeing that a degree was what the world wanted you to have, in order to move up through the ranks. So to be overlooked is really a slap in the face. Especially if that person is younger than you.

Give the woman a break. She was obviously very very hurt by all this.

Sophia, obviously the woman was hurt but you don't start yelling at the boss at a time like that!
Perhaps she was in line for another position.
It's simply not appropriate behavior in the workplace.
I'm retired but when I was in management I would choose a person for a promotion who could and would get the job done, otherwise it would be my ass on the line.
And, there are a lot of management positions that simply don't *require* a degree. You have to look at what the job requires.
For example look no further than our government.
Most of these "management" positions in government were *secretarial* positions 20 years ago. Why any of them would *require* a degree is beyond me! I strongly suspect that it's something called "feathering the nest."
These are simply paper shuffling jobs.
What kind of life-changing decisions are those people making that require a college or university degree?
Somehow I think good 'ol Joe and Jane Taxpayer are getting screwed.
There's such a thing as being overqualified for a job too.

As for me, I'd have been *much* better off financially if I'd gone to school to become a Plumber instead of taking a degree in Bus. Admin.

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RE: A sense of "Entitlement?" - 12/4/2006 10:02:17 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: sophia37

listen, your talking human nature. The one woman really wanted that promotion too. She thought she deserved it. I know Ive gotten POed when I see others being treated batter than myself and I hold a masters degree.

I went to school believeing that a degree was what the world wanted you to have, in order to move up through the ranks. So to be overlooked is really a slap in the face. Especially if that person is younger than you.

Give the woman a break. She was obviously very very hurt by all this.

Hmm and I truly say this as delicately as possible, using your post only as an example and not as a deliberate statement about you...but if I were looking to someone to promote to a management position, masters degree or not, the employee being promoted would have to exhibit professional skills to fit the position, and that includes spelling correctly and using proper punctuation. I could not, for example, promote someone to a media spokesperson position if I could not trust that press releases would go out the door perfectly. And so on. I found 8 errors in the above quoted post.

A degree may give people better opportunities, but it is the person who gets the position.

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