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Not sure if my negative feelings towards this are justified or not, so help me out.

Wife’s on Mat leave. Lots of big changes in her work, total reorg and new managers etc. She asked to be engaged, hasn’t heard from anyone outside of a couple of work friends w/ workplace gossip.

She’s more qualified than several internal candidates yet was entirely passed over for consideration while they were promoted, and I can’t shake feeling it’s because of her Mat leave.

Anyhow, move on to yesterday. She speaks with a manager who wants her to do an assignment as part of the interview process for one of the positions she applied for. And not like, a technical assignment per say, but a multi year strategy for a multi billion dollar company, delivered via PP.

Due Monday. She has to turn all her work stuff in, so she’s at a tech disadvantage with other internals, hasn’t been involved in 9 months in the companies massive changes, and is looking after an infant, and has 3 days to get back into full-on powerhouse mode. For a job she will almost certainly not be offered because she’s on Mat leave anyhow.

Are employers really this dickheaded? Hey, here’s a couple of days notice for a major assignment, hope you weren’t planning anything.