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Here’s What to Do When Your Boss Makes You Feel Incompetent

November 11, 2025

Let’s talk about the very specific hell that is feeling constantly incompetent at work, not because you are, but because your boss seems to think your entire existence is one big clerical error.

Maybe they nitpick your every email. Maybe they sigh audibly when you speak. Or maybe — and this is fun — they criticize you so much you start wondering if you hallucinated that whole “Employee of the Month” thing.

So…how do you act when your boss makes you feel incompetent? Let’s unpack it.

What to Do When Your Boss Makes You Feel Incompetent

When your boss makes you feel incompetent on a repeat basis, it messes with your head.

One minute, you’re exacting in your work. Next, you’re spiraling over whether “Kind regards” sounded too passive-aggressive.

So, before you let their constant fault-finding cause deep havoc, here’s what you need to do.

Understand What’s Really Going On

It’s important to first understand what the deal is with your boss. …

SCADA Engineer (2,3,4), Portland, OR #113830 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

November 7, 2025

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

Develop engineering documents, plans, and specifications associated with the design, operation, and maintenance of company SCADA systems used for the monitoring and control of the company’s expansive electric grid.

Responsibilities

Assist in the SCADA design of RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) architectures and systems to support numerous grid-connected initiatives and projects, including the creation and modifications to RTU designs, configurations, and points list implementations.
Coordinate with various engineering disciplines, project engineers/managers, and customer representatives to finalize SCADA point lists based on anticipated requirements.
Work with database analysts, business system analysts, and advanced application teams to ensure the remote data requirements are completely and accurately implemented into the OSI Monarch EMS/SCADA system.
Develop complete SCADA designs utilizing standardized engineering methods.
Assist in the design, development, and evaluation of systems, processes, or facilities to support company objectives utilizing engineering methods.

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Journeyman Lineman (Local 125) – Portland, Oregon – #114141 (Portland, OR, US, 97211)

November 3, 2025

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

A Journeyman shall have had at least three years’ experience or equivalent related training, and shall be qualified in one of the following branches of the trade: (a) Line Construction and Maintenance; (b) Station and Substation Construction and Maintenance includes but not limited to: Journeyman Station Wireman and Journeyman Station Meter & Relay Technician; (c) Meter Installation, Testing and Maintenance; (d) Underground Construction and Maintenance; (e) Communications Construction and Maintenance and (f) Estimating.

Responsibilities

As a Journeyman Lineman you will install, maintain and repair all transmission and distribution electrical systems and associated equipment, both overhead and underground, while utilizing line trucks, aerial boom, lifts and wire pulling equipment. Maintenance of lines and services will require pole climbing, hot sticking, and working out of truck mounted bucket lifts to construct, repair or maintain line equipment or string, splice and sag wire on live or dead circuits.

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Associate Generation Operator – Portland, Oregon #114101 (Portland, OR, US, 97232)

October 30, 2025

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.1

General Purpose

Continuously maintain Real Power Balance, ensuring compliance with all applicable reliability requirements of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Evaluate current and future day Resource Operations Plan and make data driven decisions to adjust the resource plan to accommodate system requirements, ensuring reliable load service. Evaluate market solutions provided by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Energy Imbalance Market (EIM). Execute the plans within the constraints of real-time system conditions. Validate accuracy of load and variable energy resource (VER) forecasts, and efficiently dispatch system generation resources to balance the electric system and deliver the lowest net power cost solution to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Maintain compliance with NERC/FERC/WECC and Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) requirements.
Maintain accurate unit capabilities in the Energy Supply Management System (EMS) and CAISO Market Model.

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ESM Operations Control Adviser (Portland, OR) #113955 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

October 26, 2025

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

Manages and oversees the front office operational controls. This position is responsible for the development, oversight, performance, and documentation of the operational controls in the energy supply management (ESM) group. ESM is responsible for load service of PacifiCorp’s more than 2 million customers across six states. This entails the optimization of generation and transmission resources including commercial trading activity and the near-term forecasting of load and renewable resources. Responsible for developing, defining and maintaining a controls framework for ESM that continuously identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks to serve our customers in the least-cost manner. This position is also responsible for the creation of an audit trail to ensure processes are followed and for use in regulatory procedures.

Responsibilities

Identify risks and critical points of failure within ESM and develop, define and implement process controls to mitigate the said risks.

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Journeyman Lineman (Local 659) – Grants Pass, Oregon – #113605 (Grants Pass, OR, US, 97527)

October 22, 2025

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

Responsibilities

Journeyman Linemen shall meet the qualifications as set forth in this Agreement and shall supply the Union and the Company with satisfactory proof of their experience and knowledge. Linemen will perform Equipment Operations duties as per Section 15.37

Requirements

A high school diploma, GED or equivalent combination of education and experience.
A Journeyman Lineman certification or testing through IBEW Local 659.
Completion of a formal training program for a Journeyman Lineman.
Must meet examining board review of skills and experience.
Candidate must have formal hot stick training and experience.
Must own, or be able to obtain, a Class A Commercial Driver’s License.
This position requires a post-offer, pre-placement physical capacity screening, conducted by a licensed physical therapist, to assure the candidate meets the physical demands of the job. The screening will assess only the identified physical demands of the job being applied for.

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