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I used to be a former Calvin Klein model. August 2006 Dear Office-Politics, I currently accepted a position with a well-known financial services company. Although, the designation on my title is analyst, I was assured that I would be treated respectfully and I'm currently being paid what the senior analysts are making. Everyone at work is always complimenting my work and my looks, I'm male so it is kind of odd but flattering nonetheless. I used to be a former Calvin Klein model.Anyway, after I was there for a month we moved into a new building. The guy who was more junior than me got an office while I'm stuck in a cubicle. This didn't thrill me at all. Lately, even though I'm being invited on business trips, I'm being excluded from meetings within the office. I'm very pleasant, hard-working, and enjoy the work but do not appreciate being excluded from meetings. I spoke up to one of the vice-presidents today addressing the fact that this concerned me and made me feel uncomfortable. To make matters worse, initially when I started they were constantly comparing me to this young guy. I have an MBA and 5 years of experience, he has a bachelors degree with two years of experience. I told my big supervisor that this was really bothering me, it seems to have subsided a bit. To make matters worse, the young guy is trying to compete with me and has even stolen a report from my desk drawer. Now, I have to lock the drawers every night! Following this, everything he has to do I have to either re-do or double-check because it always has errors in it. I've even been carbon copying the bosses alerting them of these mistakes. This is not the level of respect I expected from this company and not the role I thought I was taking when I accepted the position. What should I do? Getting-no-respect Dear Getting-no-respect, Attorney at Law
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