3.13:

It is hard to try and become partners with someone who you were competing against. I had did this at a job I had years ago. I was friends with her then, a position both of us wanted and a few others. I was the one who was very competitive and lost friends. If I would have looked at the big picture and did my research I would have known that I was not eligible for the promotion since I am in school. The other girl who was about to get kicked out of school for attendance got the position. I could have used all of them to help me move up in the company once I could have an open availability. So from that I had learned from my past. There was an opening at my current job and in the same department that I work in for a supervisor. I put in for it and I was interviewed, but was not promoted. Which is fine because I am moving in a few weeks. I was in competition with a lot more people this time, but I was selected as one of the top candidates which made me feel good. I have worked with management and my new supervisors teaching them what I know as they came to the department and now that I am leaving and we have a new associate. I feel that it is hard to work with the competition, but at times it helps make both persons better, stronger performers and the one who out shines the other deserves the position or leadership role. There are always those who take charge and are the leaders and those who wait and delegate the tasks. I work with a lot of people who are related, which to me is a pain hearing and knowing that they are related to them. I would like special treatment too. The hard part is that they do their work and do it well. They know their job and seem to know more than some that have been working here for a while. Its hard, I have to keep going over the pros and cons like the textbook addresses and move forward with the tasks I have to complete.