Would you leave your job if you were passed over for promotions twice?
366305
If you're unhappy, you should move on.  You have no guarantee you'll live long enough to retire, and then you will have spent more unhappy years.  What you have already contributed to your retirement should still be available to you when you reach retirement age.  And it's clear that you'll be waiting a long time before your promotion in that job.\n\nWhat I'd do, is go out and see if you can get any other offers.  Don't tell your boss or co workers.  If you get a good one, go to your boss and tell him that you've gotten this offer, and you would like to stay if he gave you a similar or better promotion and made it more attractive for you to stay.  It's amazing what a boss will do if he thinks someone else wants you. But be sure it's a real offer, and be ready to take it, because he may say, sorry, I can't match it, so go ahead and take the job.  \n\nIf you don't get any better offers, well, then you've learned something, no harm done.  You'll have to get some outside interests and not make your job your life, while you work out your time til retirement.
79626
This may not sound too nice but you have a right to be a little selfish...you have the seniority. If the other person is the one initiating the change, you have a right to express your wishes as well. Just tell your boss that you don't wish to move & that you hope he or she wil respect your wishes. If you are a top-notch performer, you can also point out your various good points that should keep you in said position while also noting that, "I shouldn't have to feel like I am fighting for the job & currently have...but..."\n\nGood luck!
9566
Wow--what an unusual question!  You sound to me like someone who associates moving up in an organization with a punishment.  You appear to suggest that remaining unmotivated, slovenly, and largely ignorant is preferrable to trying to improving your lot in life.  Is that what you really want?\n\nThe only benefit to a promotion is just more money and more responsibility.  It should be a jolt of confidence that your superiors believe you to be able enough to take on a more challenging position.  It's an affirmation that your knowledge and experience in your field has made you stick out in a positive way.\n\nYour life will be filled with challenges, both good and bad.  Now is the time for you to meet all of them head on--not trying to assess what the damage will be to your present state of mind.  That is a sure recipe for missing out on some of life's really great things.
983321
get another Job, than quit.
624035
Perhaps you could try asking your former supervisor how you could avoid putting yourself in the same situation at your next place of employment.  If you live in a right to work state they don't have to give you a reason.  Good luck to you.
103006
Sounds like you are being demoted, and yes they can
727808
Got fired once cause I didn't show up enough.\n\nGot another job cause there's tons of work here.
183272
In nearly all companies, seniority rules.  You may be relegated to the night shift for now, but perhaps you can move into another department after you've proven yourself.
827216
I agree. If you are doing a good job then you need to speak up. The squeaky wheel gets the oil. Managers have a lot of things to do. If you work hard and are not being recognized you need to make yourself known to them. I have had multiple management positions and for all of them I just walked up and asked my manager what I needed to do to get a promotion. Many managers enjoy straight people who just go up to them and are bold and confident.
133193
I dont know but I would look for another job.
954834
It is better to stay with the current job and look for a new one because there is no guarantee that you will get a job which is better than the old one once you leave your old job. Moreover who knows, the new boss may be more dumber.
1066935
If you were hired because you told them you were available for certain times, and , later, change your availability, you can not only be demoted, but could be laid off.  Just because someone else is getting days off that you would prefer does not mean this is not fair.  Perhaps they were hired under these hours of availability.  You may have been hired because they needed someone who was available for the days and/or hours you originally told them you would work.
52646
Yes, If anyone brings you plates, drinks, or helps you in anyway other than seat you, you should leave somthing. I worked at a place like that.
1070884
Ask your boss for a promotion or a change of jobs
1103396
CONGRATULATIONS LOU!!\n\nAfter 2 years of working with the company: if your employer did not think you were worthy and 'Deserving' of the promotion, then you would not have been given it: especially without asking for it!!  \n\nTherefore, rejoice in the fact your boss/boss's think so highly of you they wished to promote you, and no doubt give you extra responsibility, & a Higher Salary!!  \n\nNow you have to show your employer & your colleagues, that you are deserving of the position you have been given: & ESPECIALLY if in a position of authority or responsibility!!\n\nAre the people talking behind your back: or is this just a paranoid feeling you have?  You must have ‘Friends’ amongst your colleagues: try talking to them, and see what’s being said!!  If necessary, pull the ‘catty’ colleagues to one side and point out to them that you did not ask for the promotion, and that if they have a problem with it, to take it up with the boss: as you are sure he will be interested in what they have to say!!\n\nJealousy amongst colleagues in the workplace is rife in any company, for a multitude of reasons: Promotions: office politics: who Fancy's who, etc... \n\nYou must rise above it, and ignore their catty comments and childish actions!!  In NO WAY: must you give in to them, and return to your lower post: not unless the job is too much for you!!  You have worked hard no doubt to get where you are today:  you have worked for it: you have earned it: you deserve it: let no bugger deprive you of it!!\n\nStand tall & be Proud!!\n\nGood luck & God Bless!!
251367
Give more than two week notice this gives them time to get a replacement for you. The boss will understand that your doing what's best for your career by leaving.
1024792
Yes.  And if you have any ambition, you'll offer to finish the job before you leave.  It'll gain you a few brownie points.