Canadian Foreign Service Problems

Dedicated to the professionals of Canada's Foreign Service (Global Affairs Canada and Immigration, Refugees, & Citizenship Canada) - neither an official account of the Government of Canada nor the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers. Follow on Twitter @cdnfsproblems

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When your HoM gets frustrated that the program managers don’t share his/her innovative ideas

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When your HoM thinks that he/she should get more credit for a successful high-level visit

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When your staff are spending all of their time working on social media

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When your HoM still doesn’t understand how social media works

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When an interview board is obviously favouring a specific candidate for promotion

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When you leave on pre-approved vacation in the middle of a high-level visit

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When your summer intern has never worked in a professional office before

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When you learn that summer day camp isn’t part of the host country culture

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When you try to impress the instructor during hostile environment training

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When you are consistently ranked as the #2 choice by hiring divisions during the HQ rotation

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When a visiting senior official and his/her counterpart have a “frank exchange of views”

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When you’re in an FS-04 position and HR decides to convert it to EX-01 after they see your OT claims

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When an FS-02 is screened out of the FS-03 competition but then becomes an EX-01 at another Department

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When someone from HQ randomly shows up at the mission without notice

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When senior management explains its new approach to promotion processes

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When your HoM asks you to be acting in his/her absence and then says that there’s no money for acting pay

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When you arrive at post and get issued a Blackberry 6