I know someone just posted about a similar situation that they are in and my response was basically my situation below. With that said, do you all have any advice for me?
I started working for this company ever since I was in college and I worked hard. I proved myself over and over again. I have graduated with Honors in my field and have more than 5 internships with various companies and I chose the one I am currently with because I liked the type of work they did. After being in the company as a full-time for only six months, they hired like 2 other people and I was the only desi and they are white. They gave my work to them and started asking me to “File” or “Scan” things and made that my permanent job. I was furious and expressed my concern more than three times and finally they decided just to shut me up they will let me get trained on other important functions, well it lasted about a month and they took that away from me because they needed someone to do admin work for them. Alhumdiallah I have a degree in Finance from a reputable university and I have interned with big name companies and these new people they hired have no experience and are college grads just like me but they are given preference because all of them are white. While they are doing their normal day to day functions for what they went to school for, I am on my knees filing for the department. I am so hurt!! I have been waiting since September of last year hoping this would change but nothing. What should I do?
I would suggest that you stop wasting time with a company that doesn't appreciate you and find a company that respects and appreciates you. If you have great grades and internships at top firms then why not try one of those companies where you interned.
Life is short, and your time is valuable. Work for people that respect & appreciate you and whom you can respect as well. Update your resume and put it out on Monster or Careerbuilder, etc.
Also, get friends in your industry to refer you to their companies. Good Luck!
I have graduated with Honors in my field and have more than 5 internships with various companies. Alhumdiallah I have a degree in Finance from a reputable university and I have interned with big name companies
If your resume is so great.....then get out there and find a new job. Don't wait around for good things to happen here. Take charge of your career and move on.
first you try to address it, and then if you still dont see a future there then you cheer up, and start looking elsewhere, so crap that happens around you stops bothering you because you know its only temporary until you find a better role, and then you bail.
sara2005- I also have a finance degree and I too started working while I was in my last semester. I too started off with paper filing , stamping , scanning and things like . I had very very bitter experiences in the beginning and the most evil guy of the organisation was my boss but I really really worked hard. I have learned unfair treatment is a part of work life and sometimes you get to face alot of injustice and you need to make adjustments but the most alarming thing in your situation is that this will be** your permanent job ?** I can understand that one has to start from scratch but as time progresses every employee should be given an opportunity to grow according to their level of work knowledge , education and hard-work. I would say that you discuss your concerns with your boss in a nice way , analyse whatever response he gives you and if you are not satisfied start looking for another job asap . Don't spend too much time here then because with the passage of time it will get more & more difficult for you to leave this job and find a better one in terms of work & money both.
Thanks everyone for your advice. I really appreciate it and I will definitely take action. I really love the company I work for and they have great community involvement and benefits and the corporate culture is very nice...so I really wanted to stay with them. Unfortunately I cannot apply for another position with another department for at least one more year because new hires have to be in their current position for at least two years before they rotate out. I will have to rotate out regardless in a year because no one stays in this role for more than two years so it is guaranteed that I can get another Job in another department after one year. My dilemma is should I try to bring this up one more time and suck it up for a year and then inshallah go to another department or should I really start looking for another job with another company. I dont want to seem like I am nashukri to Allah swt but it hurts because he knows I have worked so hard to get through school.
My dilemma is should I try to bring this up one more time and suck it up for a year and then inshallah go to another department or should I really start looking for another job with another company.
Why can't you do BOTH? Set up a meeting with your boss to discuss your concerns....but at the same time, update your resume and start looking to see what positions are out there for someone with your degree/experience.
I can certainly do both but I want to know since I really like the company but not the department, should I wait for an year and then go to another department if things dont change here or should I just leave the company over all if I find a better job? I have discussed this with my boss three times already and each time they act like they understand but they dont take any actions on it. To me it seems like they dont take me seriously. So here are my options:
Discuss this one more time with management for my peace of mind and see what happens while looking for jobs on the side and if there is a better job out there leave this company and take that job no matter how much I love this company but not the department.
Discuss this one more time with management for my peace of mind and see what happens and suck it up for one more year and move to another department so I can stay with the company because they have really good benefits.
Discuss this one more time with management for my peace of mind and see what happens while looking for jobs on the side and if there is a better job out there leave this company and take that job no matter how much I love this company but not the department.
^ This would be my recommendation. If 3 previous conversations before didn't make a difference, I have no idea why you think a 4th one would. But if you want to do it for your piece of mind, go ahead. I'm also not sure why you think you'd get treated any better at another department in the same company.
P.S. When it comes to your job/career, it will benefit you in the long run to make decisions using your brain and not your heart. It's great that you love this company so much but it doesn't make sense to waste your time/energy at a job where you're not being appreciated just b/c of that "love".
you should never really stop looking for jobs. you can try talking to the manager but considering how you've already brought it up 3 times and it hasn't done you any good, i doubt bringing it up yet again will really help.
Thanks everyone, inshallah I will start looking for other Jobs and see what happens. I am so happy, you guys really helped me clear my mind and get my priorities straight. Thanks again!
Since you have complained about what you are doing so many times, now you have a reputation of a whiner. You would say that I am not a whiner, but actions speak louder than words. You have shown disinterest in your current job, you have complained about the work you do again and again. So your peers and your bosses have labeled you as a whiner.
What you need to do now? You need to earn a reputation as a hard worker and someone who loves and cherishes anything they are assigned and accept task assigned to them with a smile and do them with so much interest like their life depends on this task.
Remember there for each employed person there are 8 un-employed persons out there who would be glad to have the job you have and love it.
This advice only holds good if you want to stay with the same company and like to work with.
Otherwise since you have a good degree from a good university you should intensify you job search and find something you would love to do.
My post might make you mad but I am saying it all from my personal experience. I have been on both ends of the table.
I had a fancy degree from a very reputable institute from Pakistan but I ended up working at a burger joint in USA as a fryer and grill person flipping burgers all day, I had to even clean the parking lots and bathrooms. I used to do all this with lot of interest and with utmost diligence. The people who work at fast food joints do not get tips but I got tips from happy customers many a times. All this did not go unnoticed and I was promoted to assistant manager only in four weeks. The management did not know that I had that fancy management degree because I did not put it on the job application. It was my hard work and my interest in the job I had, which got me ahead of the game.
Morale of the story: “It is not what you do which gets you ahead , it is how you do it, is which earns you your next promotion and other rewards.”
find a better job. Do a good job here in the mean time, but remember, here,your not going to get career growth, and those to people working with you will be ahead of you all the time. Once you get a better job, leave. But remember, a paycheck is a paycheck, and it is easier to find a job when you already have one. So don't show any additude, just look for a better place. This happens to the best of us, even the superstars at work lose there place when someone better joins.
I am sorry but i feels there is some problem. Why they are dumping OP for useless type to work (is it possible they are not happy with her performance?
In many companies (specially in Asia) when someone pushed around and given this kind of jobs it would be a hint that you are not fitting well in the company and better look around elsewhere.
Although she believe that she is hard working and earned her position the company, but I am wondering if the management has some other assessment about her performance.
She need to sit together with bosses and ask for a feedback to understand why they are treating her in such a way.
There is no such thing you love the company when you do not like the job given to you. I am sure there are many good employers around who offers similar or even better package and benefits.
I dont know what your position is, but if you are say an I banking analyst....you will be required to do a lot of menial tasks at work like getting coffee stapling but still end up with a 200k salary for a 20 some kid out of a top 10 university here in the states.
On the other hand if htey pull you from front office where you are doing spreadsheets to back office to ONLY do filing and fix machines you should seriously think about leaving.
sorry to hear that u r so frustrated with ur situation.
but i m sorry to say u r very vague and unclear in every thing u say. neither u r mentioning that what field u belong to exactly nor u r sharing which company u r working for; u r also precise about the job description u have been hired for.
may be u r unfairly treated but u need to identify the reasons that causing all this situation. i m from Chartered Accountancy back ground during my whole article ship i have seen most of the girls complaining reason what could i have understand is that they always look at the their strengths but not on their weaknesses and the ares that needs improvement.
i think u need some professional counseling that will help you to identify area of improvement in ur personality and work.
other is to come out of ur comfort zone and get job somewhere else.
(develope some patience and do whatever the management ask you to do , after a period u will be rewarded. new employees are some times underutilized coz some time opportunity for good work is not there for a while .................... but ultimately you will get a chance if u remain calm and eager to do whatever u are being assigned to)