"I found out recently from a friend that my ex-husband was hired for that role. He was in the military when we were married, and despite the fact that he's lazy, incompetent, and has no relevant experience, he was able to get the job through a military career transition service. Even worse, he told my friend that he specifically requested to be placed there because of how much I talked about it when we were married."
"I know there is no guarantee that I would have gotten the job, but based on my experience and connections, I would have at least had a strong chance. Even if I were able to suck it up and handle seeing my ex at work every day (which is unlikely), he is in a position of authority, and there's no way he'd allow me to get hired there. Knowing him, he will be in this job until he retires."
A person spent ten years developing skills to secure a specific role in a small city that only hires through one employer. The person's ex-husband, with no relevant experience, reportedly used a military career transition service to obtain that exact position and allegedly requested placement because of prior conversations. The ex holds authority in the role and is expected to remain until retirement, removing realistic prospects for employment there. The person faces choices of uprooting life to relocate or pivoting career paths, and experiences anger, disappointment, and loss of purpose after the long-term objective was abruptly closed off.
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