Futility

I have come to realise that someone somewhere in this department does not like me. There is a job going here, which I have applied for. It is essentially the job I am already doing, but is the next level up. It has been widely acknowledged that I am already performing at and above this level. I am responsible for managing capture in a team where I  am the lowest paid/ranked member. And no doubt, whoever gets this job, I will be the one training and mentoring them. I know, not because anyone has told me, but simply by way of where I sit (and can therefore hear) that there were 11 applicants for this job. They have been instructed to only interview the top 3. Guess what number I am? 4. Simply because I don't have a STUPID PIECE OF FUCKING PAPER THAT SAYS I CAN DO THE JOB I ALREADY DO AND HAVE BEEN DOING FOR 8 FUCKING YEARS.

Chances are, I am probably better qualified to do the job because I am already doing it. But that doesn't matter. Because someone has decreed that I don't get an interview. Pisses me off. not much I can do either because if thats what HR has decided, even if I appeal that will be the answer I get. And its perfectly alright.

Think I might start looking for a new job, closer to home. I am going to walk out the door & take all of the knowledge I have built up & to hell with this place. Another example of the govt making it deliberatly hard & losing good staff in the process(which costs them even more money).