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by Dan on Apr.23, 2009, under Uncategorized

So I’m amused, overwhelmed, and nervous all at the same time.

I was denied the opportunity to apply to the position in accounting because management wants to ‘continue to see exceptional performance’ out of me. I thought about this for a couple of days, and realized they have no legal ground to do this to me based on opinion. There have been no letters of warning, no attendance issues, and no ‘action plans’ (which are 30-60-90 day) monitorings. IE if I have attednance issues, they say for the next 30 days you cannot call in sick, if you do, you get written up. Such plans prevent you from moving out of your position. The last requisite is that you’ve been in your position for at least a year. Well its been 1.5 years now.

Soo…

I applied to TD Bank Financial Group as and Administrative Assistant. I could apply internally without previous approval. TD Insurance and TDBFG are two different entities despite being under the same ‘umbrella’. Sadly when I clicked ‘submit resume’ I read that my HR representative and my manager had to be notified. SO I did just that. I mentioned to my HR Rep, and she asked if I’d told my manager yet, and I said..

“No actually, I haven’t because the due date for this position was today, and I didn’t know I actually HAD to say anything until I clicked it. I was going to save it for tomorrow, but since I HAD to use her name in my application (current supervisor etc) I had no choice.

The moment of truth. I told Lori. Her face went as red as her shirt, but she maintained her composure – the same way I felt when they told me “No” on Monday about the accounting position.

A subtle slap in the face I’d say “You won’t let me apply and move on here? I’m going to start looking elsewhere”

I’m overwhelmed because I didn’t know I’d have to tell her right away.
I’m nervous because I don’t know what hell they may be planning for me now (if any)
I’m amused because I finally had a chance to make a strong point without saying a word.
I’m excited because I may be out of this place… Wish me luck? Whoever may read this..