Week 4 Response to Paulette's Post

What a frustrating situation! In any circumstance where a promotion is not 100% performance based seems unfair to me. What if you had been pregnant at this time as well? Or neither of you? Would promotion have gone to you? It doesn’t seem ok for your boss to take planning for your co-worker’s future into consideration for who receives this lead position. What if unbeknownst to your boss you have an obligation that would make minimal travel ideal for you as well? Let’s say hypothetically you are taking care of an elderly relative or something like that. Should your boss take into account your needs or role as caretaker and factor this into the decision? I can think of many scenarios where this type of practice just isn’t ethical and would create an uncomfortable work environment to say the least! I just don’t think this logic should come into play when determining promotions. I'm sorry you have to deal with such a discriminatory circumstance.