Reply #35: That may be the case exactly. [View All]

[Raineyb]

In my last job, at the risk of sounding immodest, I was the best person they had in the position. Plus I had carved out a niche that no one else could do which is probably why I managed to hang on as long as I did when they were closing down the plant. One evaluation time I got feedback that I made people feel stupid. I never really got a clear explanation as to what it is I did that made them feel stupid. What was I supposed to do pretend to be less intelligent than I am to make them feel better? There is nothing more dangerous than a supervisor who doesn't know shit, won't ever know shit and worse, doesn't want you do know shit and God help you if you know more than they do because apparently if you're black you're supposed to be inferior and behave accordingly.