Bummer

I've put off discussing the results of the interview because I'm not a happy camper about it. Three candidates (including myself) interviewed for the position, and the person that was selected was the one that was least expected by most people NOT involved in the decision-making process. Needless to say, I am disappointed. I heard the biggest contributing factors that helped the unexpected candidate were things that happened way before my time. Translation....seniority? To make matters so much worse, the selected candidate's position is NOT being filled. It's been frozen by the powers that be, which is beyond comprehension for me. The person that was selected was on my team...so we went from 3 down to 2, which is more like down to 1.5 because trust me, the other person with me is hardly any help. Now I will say we'll be getting assistance, but fill-ins aren't any where near as helpful as a person who is officially in my position. I have access to things they won't. And it's access to things that are used frequently. So now if a fill-in gets a call about one of those things, they basically just take a message and I get to do it later. Super, more work for me. And if this time is anything like the last time we needed fill-ins, it's going to be as busy and stressful as fuck, I'll end up working through my lunch part of the time, and I'll have to listen to them bitch about how they don't want to be there. Well that makes two of us.