June Battle of the Triathlon Sports Challenge (Page 4)

Thanks all for the positive feedback on my supervisory reference issue ...

The deal is that I work for the City, specifically the Police Service, and it is City mandate for supervisors to NOT give references for past employees ... it is *supposed* to be easy to move laterally and to apply for promotions, supervisors are supposed to support qualified employees moving on and up - however MY supervisor is, unfortunately, a small mean-spirited spiteful woman ... she's worked there 20+ years with virtually no change, and doesn't like people like myself who challenge or threaten her. (As an aside, this particular position is "Team Leader" - NOT a supervisor - my Section is set up weird it's a long story...)

I've contacted a past supervisor from another Section (I've been with the Service a long time!) but she can only provide a personal reference ... City policy - current employee applying for a promotion (which this is for me) means contact with their current and immediate "supervisor".

Sigh.

When HR calls to say they're doing the reference checks - I'm going to explain the situation tactfully and professionally ... just say that I have some privacy concerns about them contacting my Team Lead and would they mind instead contacting the Section Manager?

Also as an aside - my Team Lead has a terrible reputation in the Service as she cheated on her husband, a cop, with several other cops including high-ranking management .. it broke up their marriage and she's well known in a negative way as it was quite the blow-up - people actually got demoted because of their "indiscretions". So ... hopefully that common gossip will be enough to support my request to HR to contact someone else ...

Sigh.

It'll work out the way it was supposed to, right?!

Thanks all for the positive feedback on my supervisory reference issue ...

The deal is that I work for the City, specifically the Police Service, and it is City mandate for supervisors to NOT give references for past employees ... it is *supposed* to be easy to move laterally and to apply for promotions, supervisors are supposed to support qualified employees moving on and up - however MY supervisor is, unfortunately, a small mean-spirited spiteful woman ... she's worked there 20+ years with virtually no change, and doesn't like people like myself who challenge or threaten her. (As an aside, this particular position is "Team Leader" - NOT a supervisor - my Section is set up weird it's a long story...)

I've contacted a past supervisor from another Section (I've been with the Service a long time!) but she can only provide a personal reference ... City policy - current employee applying for a promotion (which this is for me) means contact with their current and immediate "supervisor".

Sigh.

When HR calls to say they're doing the reference checks - I'm going to explain the situation tactfully and professionally ... just say that I have some privacy concerns about them contacting my Team Lead and would they mind instead contacting the Section Manager?

Also as an aside - my Team Lead has a terrible reputation in the Service as she cheated on her husband, a cop, with several other cops including high-ranking management .. it broke up their marriage and she's well known in a negative way as it was quite the blow-up - people actually got demoted because of their "indiscretions". So ... hopefully that common gossip will be enough to support my request to HR to contact someone else ...

Sigh.

It'll work out the way it was supposed to, right?!

WOOT WOOT! SWIMMY SWIM SWIM!

We're going to CRUSH you bikers and runners.

Little late, but can I drop in?  Its been a while since I've been around here, but could use a little motivation.  Current injury and weather have been making it hard to train lately.

If it's alright with everyone, I could join the swimmers to even the teams out.  Goal would be 15,000 yards.

Thanks all for the positive feedback on my supervisory reference issue ...

The deal is that I work for the City, specifically the Police Service, and it is City mandate for supervisors to NOT give references for past employees ... it is *supposed* to be easy to move laterally and to apply for promotions, supervisors are supposed to support qualified employees moving on and up - however MY supervisor is, unfortunately, a small mean-spirited spiteful woman ... she's worked there 20+ years with virtually no change, and doesn't like people like myself who challenge or threaten her. (As an aside, this particular position is "Team Leader" - NOT a supervisor - my Section is set up weird it's a long story...)

I've contacted a past supervisor from another Section (I've been with the Service a long time!) but she can only provide a personal reference ... City policy - current employee applying for a promotion (which this is for me) means contact with their current and immediate "supervisor".

Sigh.

When HR calls to say they're doing the reference checks - I'm going to explain the situation tactfully and professionally ... just say that I have some privacy concerns about them contacting my Team Lead and would they mind instead contacting the Section Manager?

Also as an aside - my Team Lead has a terrible reputation in the Service as she cheated on her husband, a cop, with several other cops including high-ranking management .. it broke up their marriage and she's well known in a negative way as it was quite the blow-up - people actually got demoted because of their "indiscretions". So ... hopefully that common gossip will be enough to support my request to HR to contact someone else ...

Sigh.

It'll work out the way it was supposed to, right?!

Where were YOU when I was living in Venice Beach???

What's your name? I'm Yanti. Don't let me scare you off.

Hahaha... wrong Brentwood.  Common mistake.  Californians in all their creativity give two cities the same name within 300 miles of each other.  I'm near San Francisco.

Greetings fellow swimmers!  I'm Tim.

owl_girl - 2011-06-04 8:54 PM I managed to run the 5 mile race with a sub 8 min/mile pace.... 

Nice!  Glad to see you are getting better.

Was it raining up there yesterday?  We are looking at three straight days of rain-thunderstorms down here!  I was planning on doing an XTERRA trail run yesterday, but woke up to the rain and rolled right back over in bed.

Hahaha... wrong Brentwood.  Common mistake.  Californians in all their creativity give two cities the same name within 300 miles of each other.  I'm near San Francisco.

Greetings fellow swimmers!  I'm Tim.

Hi Tim! So where were YOU when I was spending summers in Palo Alto and then college-interned in South San Francisco?

I'm not going to train today, because I'm going to drink with my friends instead. So pbbbttthhhhttttbbbtthhhh there.

A close friend lives just a few blocks away, and they have a true 3-hole mini-putt in their back yard. Astroturf, landscaping, the whole works. So a bunch of us girls are having a "fruity slushy drink party" and going to hang out and play putt-putt in the sunshine.

WAY better than working out any night. Although I will walk the 5 blocks there and back - back will be twice as long due to the weaving ... I can log that, right? ;-)

I promise I will swim tomorrow. It may not be pretty, but it will be done.