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Who have I been most angry with?
She has no idea
A long time ago, I had a boss that I didn’t care for. You know the type, to your face such a good friend but she would say mean things about other people and I know that she was nice to their faces. I often wondered what she said about me.
I left the department when I was quite pregnant with my third son. I told her I most likely would not be back and would let her know within the year. As it turned out I took a five-year break since it was going to cost me more in childcare for three children than I could make part-time. When it came time to go back to work, I applied at several places and one by one they all rejected me.
I had always been offered a job if I’d applied for it in the past. I was very depressed over this and finally asked one of the HR contacts I knew if she could tell me why. She said that the last place I had worked at said they wouldn’t rehire me. I couldn’t understand this as I hadn’t ever had a bad review; the last place had not given me any review!
I went back to the last place I worked to see their HR and explain my concerns. She said that they had to say they would not rehire me as my last performance review was so bad. I said, “What review, I never got one.” Well, she proceeded to show me the review.
