You must choose, brothers and sisters...

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What type of job were you applying for?

I work a corporate office job and don't have any tattoos and, with a collared shirt,I look like I could meld. However, I'm going through something that elicits the same types of emotions.

It's my attitude. It's not bad, but I'm just not willing to be a cheese-ball "go-getter," and I'm certainly not a type A personality. Now, my work performance has always been excellent, like yours.

About two months ago a new manager gets moved in who's buddy-buddy with a general manager (they go hunting together on the weekends). This guy's relatively young (35)and is a tool. He talks about 1. His family, which is nice I suppose 2. HUNTING 3. FOOTBALL, and he's a sleaze bag with insane business aggression (aka "go-getter.") He doesn't know much, but can make a prompt decision. I tend to be critical and look at all potential problems etc. and THEN focus on the main issue in order to make a decision. He focuses on the main issue and then worries about the problems later.

Point being, we have nothing in common and nothing to talk about and our work relationship is cordial but we are the opposite sides of the spectrum.

Fact: I'm a contractor working at this company. Essentially a temp that has long since moved beyond clerical work, has gotten raises but at this point is essentially being used.

For months I've been hearing that I'm going to be hired on. Now,even though I've more than proven myself to this guy since August, I'm being let go Friday. I'm now training my supervisor on my duties and she's totally inefficient, but at least she's Christian and sort of melds better with the whole football, family events and church on the weekends crowd.

Fact: I HATE this place and had no real desire to stay very long because it was a dead end. The real fact here is that my ego (what very little I had) is totally bruised. I'm not the Nora Rocket who can seemingly be short term frustrated but can put on her boots and say "fuck you" to the world, I am the depressive who will shut up about it and type useless shit on a message board and mentally beat myself up to an unhealthy degree.

Mine is a different situation than yours, and there are some other factors involved (i.e. he's pretending that he's trying to get me a job in another dept. because he has connections, but miraculously it seems to not be materializing), but I feel the same frustrations as you, I think, and am believing that this is some form of discrimination.

If I were extroverted like that one girl who posts here who wears bright orange to work and everyone thinks she's artsy and wonderful and calls her a big orange or something that's one thing(by the way I think her attitude is awesome), but I'm a depressive type-b with little to say to my co-workers. It doesn't seem to matter if I'm good at my job.

Hence, the firing.

Ordinary tools
now implements of killing
you must make the choice
between MURDER and BUILDING!

The only advice if you were trying for an office job is to avoid Bank of America like the plague. In fact, stay away from ANY financial institution whatsoever at any cost.

f'real.

And I've never even WORKED for 'em.

Just banked with 'em.

Trust me, i feel your pain.