u/Feisty_Koala_853

I’ve worked at my current job for 1-year in an Associate position; I initially applied for a Senior Associate position, but this is what I was offered instead. At the time, it made sense. All the Senior Associates had at least 3-years more experience than me.

My logic: I could slowly take-on more work, prove that I could do the job, and then I’d be promoted.

But that’s not what happened.

My Manager has been on leave for five-months, and so the spot was partially filled by our Director. However, he’s super busy, and can’t provide much oversight. At the same time, we also had several Senior Associates take leave due to burnout, and so I saw this as the perfect opportunity to fill the gap.

So, I told my Director that I was capable of doing my work, and theirs, and if he was alright with that. He gave me the green-light.

Since then, I’ve been working overtime to manage it, and it’s been working; clients are happy with me, and so are my colleagues.

A month ago, it was announced that we’re hiring new Senior Associates for my team, and my colleagues encouraged me to apply. When I approached my Director about it, I was immediately told that I “don’t have the personal readiness for that job, and need more seasoning”.

I asked if there was a problem with my performance, and was told: “No, it’s just about having people with the right level of experience”.

During after-work drinks with my colleagues, I asked if I’m secretly doing poorly, and my Director just didn’t want to say-so; I was then blind-sided with one of my colleagues mentioning that my Director just didn’t like me, interpersonally.

Thinking back, I think it’s that I’ve been super uncomfortable around him: he’s very formal, even behind closed doors, and candidly, communicates like a walking LinkedIn post. On top of that, I see him having unilateral control over my progression (because he does), and so I’ve been really awkward/sweaty around him.

I don’t know what to really do now: do I just wait another six-months, and apply to different jobs? I’ve done some job-hopping before this, and so I’m trying not to bungle my CV.

At fast-food restaurants, when paying for groceries, when calling a taxi/Uber, or anything else day-to-day, what are your service expectations from those places? Has it changed over day the last decade?

Here in Canada (or at least southern Ontario):

Minus a few fast-food places, I think most people here default on that something’ll be wrong with your order, so always check.

When paying from groceries, it’s frequently either a self checkout, or the cashier will scan your items, but won’t put them in the bag; and they’ll charge you extra if they provide you the bag to put your own groceries in.

The more premium the store, the better the English.