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Your Neighborhood
Therapist
Dear Neighborhood Therapist,
I am a foreign-born woman working at a
large company, and I recently got a promotion
that I worked very hard for. Since my promotion,
my boss has changed the focus of my
job from customer service, which I love, to
sales, which makes me very uncomfortable
and is not why I was hired. One of the men
who supported my promotion has begun to
undermine me now that we are colleagues.
These developments have turned a good job
that I liked into something I dread every day.
I cannot afford just to quit my job - and I
don’t want to, if it can get better - so I am
hoping that you can help me figure out how
to get through this.
– D.A., Manhattan Beach
When a job we fought hard for goes awry,
we often start to doubt ourselves. “Is there
something wrong with me that I cannot find a
job that ‘works out’ for me?” If it happens a
few times, or we lose a job, we think, “There
MUST BE something wrong with me.” Well,
of course there is something wrong with you -
you’re not perfect! - but neither am I and nor
is anyone else. That’s not what the problem is.
In America in 2020, the mighty dollar still rules
corporate decisions, with employees’ mental
and physical health rarely considered. Men
continue their aggression, and people feel
emboldened to treat others less respectfully if
they come from somewhere else. If you were
“lucky,” you might experience the power of
these forces “only” one at a time. Instead, it
seems you may be experiencing all of them at
once. The problems you face are male privilege,
corporatist coarseness, and old-fashioned
prejudice. Besieged by these problems together,
who wouldn’t feel the way you do - or worse?
Some will say, “just find another job.” Maybe
they enjoy job hunting, but for most of us
interviewing is more like sneaking off to a
high-stakes audition where strangers judge us.
Starting your own business is risky and has
its own stresses largely because we no longer
live in a world where small-scale entrepreneurism
is sustainable for most people. Large
companies with large budgets and economies
of scale put the local plumber and the local
newsstand out of business. (El Segundo, with
its Main Street thriving with local businesses,
is a rare exception - for now.)
So how do you survive when you cannot
change the power structure acting on you?
There is strength in numbers. Who knows
you well and believes in the integrity you
bring to your work? Seek these people out.
Do you know of others in similar situations?
This could sound counter-intuitive, but might
this be a good time to reach out to them and
offer whatever support you may be able to
give? Band together and help each other. The
power structure that is acting on you is not
something you can change, but you might just
find that in reaching out to others, all of your
spirits are lifted.
Please write to tom@tomandrecounseling.
com or text to 310.776.5299 with questions
about handling what is affecting your life, your
family, the community or the world. Tom Andre
is an Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
(AMFT96089) supervised by Chris Thomas
(MFT78020). The information in this column is
for educational purposes only and nothing herein
should be construed as professional advice or
the formation of a therapeutic relationship. •
Employment
Senior Qual i ty Assurance
Engineer– (El Segundo, CA) – Lead
software & engineering analysis &
testing of data to generate quality
assurance (QA) reports. Test
computer engineering solutions
to expose integration defects in
software production. Conduct
advertising technology (ad tech)
software test automation for ad
search engine components using
Java & Selenium. Design software
QA test plans, test specifications, test
suites & test cases, & design tools
for unit, functional, & performance
testing. Write SQL queries for data
& report validation. Conduct issue,
task, & bug reporting using GIT &
JIRA. Analyze & test server logic
before production. Work w/ crossfunctional
teams in Agile environment
to troubleshoot test failures in multiple
test environments. Troubleshoot
QA servers. Manage continuous
integration builds using Jenkins.
Document software defects & report
defects to software developers &
other engineers. Req’s: Master’s in
Computer Science & one yr of exp
in position offered or as Software
Engineer, QA or QA Engineer.
All req’d exp must have included
conducting ad tech software test
automation for ad search engine
components using Java & Selenium;
writing SQL queries for data & report
validation; conducting issue, task,
& bug reporting using GIT & JIRA;
& managing continuous integration
builds using Jenkins. Mail resume
to: Emilie Branham, Nativo, Inc., 100
N. Pacific Coast Hwy, El Segundo,
CA 90245.
For Sale
Apt sale: 646 West Imperial Ave.
#29, 42” Sony flat screen $100,
40 “ Samsung flat screen $75, Nu
wave air fryer $100, Cuisinart Steam
toaster oven $85. 424.207.7037.
Moving Sale
Moving sale; Sat February 29th,
7am to 2pm. Couch- reclinerqueen
size bed very new- great for
back. Clothes, big framed mirror nice!!
For sale; 2005 Red convertible 2
door PT cruiser, fully loaded, low
miles. Some body work needed,
$1500. 310-365-6730.
Employment
Part-time Sales. Looking for
motivated part-time workers. Inside
sales: work from home and make
sales calls. 15% commission on all
sales. Outside sales: territories are
Torrance and El Segundo. Includes
walking and interacting with business
owners. 20% commission on all
sales. Seniors and students welcome.
Send resume to management@
heraldpublications.com.
Wanted
WANTED. Vinyl, vinyl, vinyl records,
anything musical. Collectibles/
antiques. Typewriters, sewing
machines, military, silver, Japan,
records, stamps, coins, jewelry,
Chinese, ANYTHING. Buy/Sell/
Trade. We sell for you on EBAY. Studio
Antiques, El Segundo. 310.322.3895.
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