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[vicarz]

I was declined for the litigator position on the basis of my inability to travel. I am glad I was prepared for that, as my boss told me ages ago how this would tie into her EEO accusations. Her argument was that when a black female applied travel was required, but when José the white guy applied it was not needed. I explained all the other factors, little things like my prior litigation experience/success, that silly law school item, and the fact that the last time we were given opportunities minorities including a black female were all given the same opportunity. It seems she has been successful in pushing her crabs-in-a-basket issue, even though she is no longer able to serve in the litigation branch at all - her actions have prevented me from doing so at the 14 level. Neat. I think I really need to start looking at laterals and not just transfers. I've spent the last 2 weeks exclusively on special projects, meetings with high-ranking officials on complex issues - and for what? To be trashed behind closed doors, and smiled at to my face. Office politics - at least I have some clue of what is going on.

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[vicar.livejournal.com]

Good point - this actually isn't about EEO, though I see that isn't obvious in the post. It's all about personality issues, but the negativity-monger in the office has been screaming EEO up and down the hallway because either they believe it, or they know it opens doors - especially in an agency with EEO troubles in the papers some years ago. Could be both.