Today I am meeting with my boss to discuss issues pertaining to her refusal to promote me. I have been in my position for over six years, have accepted every challenge handed to me, and have excelled above and beyond anyone else who has held this role. My boss has talked to me several times about the next step up and when a position opens, she encourages me to consider it.

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Well, the first time a mid-level job opened up, I interviewed along with a few other people. I am thinking, "Great, I have given 150% of myself in this role, build up an outstanding rapport with all of our medical staff and sales reps, and would be a great choice for this role." Instead, she called me a week later to tell me that she was offering the role to someone with more "experience" and that this was "too big of a jump for me." This completely conflicts with her past feedback about me. She announced a few hours later that the job had been offered to the brown nosing 21 year old intern, who had never held a job outside of an ice cream shop. To say I was insulted is an understatement.

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The second time a mid-level job opened up, it was to backfill a retiring employee. THIS was a SPECIFIC job she had talked to me about on several occasions as a great next step to me. I again applied, and e-mailed her to reiterate my interest. I received the most generic reply from her possible. I then asked her to clarify if I was even being CONSIDERED for the job, and if not, I need to look for opportunities elsewhere. NO RESPONSE.

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It has been over two months since I applied for that job, and she has interviewed several people from outside the organization without ever again speaking to me about it. I approached my direct supervisor (who is a man. The woman is the department director) with my issues, and he has scheduled a meeting today with me, him, and the director.

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I guess I am looking for advice on how to even approach this. I know AWALT for sure, and this is a prime example, but I want to be very clear in my feelings about her favoritism and carrot dangling in order to keep me in a position that she does not want to replace. I want to avoid any HR intervention, which could be possible if this woman flips out.