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My ideal work environment would definitely be in harmony as far as communication, conduct, leadership, values and overall professionalism. I find too often in the "plantation" as I and many of my people endearing call work often has this competitive, passive aggressive and even blatant racist overtone. I've been overlooked for positions I qualified for in tenure to white counterparts off the street, yet I believed the false mantra of "promote from within." It was a beauty consultant position I had no intention of applying for when it was offered during the interview. I was complimented on my extensive work history and various skillsets, that I carried myself in a way that may be well-suited for the position. I worked as a consultant, felt like an underling to my predecessor until they retired when I was able to show I was beyond capable. I surpassed my white older counterpart in sales, managed an entire cosmetic line counter and it's events to where it was thriving. Inevitably, I was overlooked for a younger version of the woman I was in line to replace. Eventually, I did finally have full capacity of a competitor to my former brand where I excelled. I won a company-wide contest in sales during a promotion, doubling my predecessor's last goal, increasing overhead and a cash prize of $500. Since then, I left after the pandemic to work as a caregiver remotely. Currently, I'm a pharmacy tech. There's been rude racist remarks made about my natural hair being "unprofessional" and that customers don't want to see that. My RX manager had conspired to remove me from the schedule without management approval based on her assumptions about her understanding of deadlines due to mandates, gossiping to colleagues I'll no longer be with the company unbeknownst to myself. With the foregoing of the said mandates, both my RX manager and store manager has apologized to me for the miscommunication. If I can't work with my people, I'd prefer not to be a minority. Be around like-minded professionals with tact and work ethic.
