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It makes other departments shy away from her, and promotional opportunities are denied due to her attitude. She and I have come a long way, and she has confided to me that she would like a promotion because of all the years she has worked here. If I were her, I would be learning basic Excel/Word skills and brushing up on email skills.

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To be more specific, I have had a few incidents at work that have really made me wonder if there is a bar for computer skills in a workplace where those skills aren’t something that we look for when hiring. Absolutely there are times when someone’s computer skills aren’t measuring up to what’s needed.