I worked my first real job after college in corporate America for 5 and half years before I was let go. It wasn't my dream job but it paid the bills. I felt like no matter how hard I worked I was looked over for "real positions". I worked as an analyst but it depends on what department you're in to define how important your job is. My job was bearable. For the first 2 years I did grunt work and received a promotion (small promotion) soon after I changed departments only to discover that the person who hired me never intended to promote me once I got to the group. He wanted me to pick up the slack. I worked there for two years until I found another position in the company. This new boss had a very lofty and respected position and I had an acquaintance that worked in his group. This was the beginning of the end. It turns out that I was hired to pick up the slack of the acquaintance. I was the youngest of the group by twenty years. My boss and acquaintance were never around. The dept consisted of 5 people not including my boss. They left me in the hands of an incompetent manager in training. This manager could not answer my questions and wasn't any help. When I went around him to ask the boss questions he would get angry because it would make him look bad. I was subjected to harassment by coworkers (2 men) who worked on my floor. They would go through my desk, mess with my personal items. I suspect they did that as a result of my manager. He made it a point to humiiiate me in front of other coworkers. He would yell as me in front of the office. one time during a snow storm, he made everyone work from home but directed me to come work in the office. This of course happened after I reported him to HR. He intensified his campaign to get rid of me. I was eventually fired based on a technicality. It bothers me because I was not able to stand up for myself they way I should have.
