So Much for Playing by the Rules

For nine years I worked for a pittance in a public library for a medium size county goverment. Even though I had an ALA-MLS which was a requirement of the job when the ad for director was placed, I — and five other highly qualified applicants — lost out to a person who did not even have the MLS, or anything beyond a BA.

But — she would be loyal to the county administrator instead of her profession and do what he told her such as to accrue monies to be returned to him at the end of the fiscal year and replace full-time professionals with part-time high school graduates. He has since replaced all the department heads with two women, job splitting, so he can play them against each other and de facto run the departments himself. So much for working hard and getting a good education — and playing by the rules — and being loyal.

Tags: good_education, playing_by_the_rules, public_library

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