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Originally Posted by SthrnZeta
From what I heard about the person in my job before me, she did all their work for them and essentially spoiled them, so when I wasn't doing all their work for them, I appeared lazy.  |
This has happened to me, but it didn't lead to being fired.
Long story short, I was hired to be a Development person for a job -- basically writing grant proposals, processing donations, etc. I also had some programming work and some administrative work. Well, the first two months were almost entirely administrative and it became apparent that my boss had (essentially) hired me under false pretenses -- he really wanted a receptionist but knew he wouldn't be able to find one that also had proposal writing chops. He also gave me ZERO training, so although I was doing the work, he wasn't teaching me what had greater priority than other things. ALSO, I had to get his personal mail from his PO Box and do other things that weren't directly work related.
Things worked out, but I heard MUCH later that the guy was badmouthing me to my peers and saying he didn't think I would work out. wtf?
I ended up getting a new supervisor who gives me more creative freedom, more opportunities to talk about my progress, and is basically grooming me for management. The Lord works in mysterious ways.
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