I'm checking shelves today. I know it sounds pretty mundane for the head librarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian) (read: only librarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian))
to do such a thing, but stuff is coming up missing too often, only to
be found pushed in between two unrelated books upside down. My
assistants just aren't cutting it. I've let go two or three in
the past two weeks.
It's also giving me time to think about how the employment game really
works. I was reminded of this when I read about that Harvard
ongoing lawsuit.
Although many are describing the discrimination against her as sex
bias or even racial discrimination, I think that there is more to it
than that.
How many people have been turned down for a job for being too
pretty? Too skinny? Too ugly, too fat, too smart, too dumb, too
tall, too short, too black, not black enough, etc. There is a
shortage of jobs, so employers come up with the dumbest reasons to pass
over qualified candidates. Invariably, the person who gets the
job is someone who knows someone. It's not technically nepotism
because they're usually not related. Their kid might just play
with the boss' kid, or their parents have connections. Yes, the
job market is simply unfair, and employers are imperfect people charged with performing subjective tasks.
So, what is this woman's true motivation? I don't think it's so
much that they discriminated against her (although they probably
did) or that she was too pretty (because she probably isn't), but it
is most likely because they shafted her 13 times. 13 times she
was up for promotion and was passed over by less qualified
people? Umm, hello? People go postal over a lot less than
that. No job is worth it.
The problem is that they can think of any lame reason not to let you
succeed, and it might just be because they don't like you. The
amazing part is that this woman let it go on for so long. It's
like the abused wife who allows herself to be beaten day in and day
out. Does suing your husband do any good? Nope. It's
time to stand up and hit back.
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