I can't really leave because of the pension. A new guy started and rumor has it that he already is complaining.

One of the problems we have is that it is sort of a "caste" system where certain people get nicer jobs because of who they are and their status in the system. It is felt that certain people are more important than others.

Also, generally they will not let you out of the position. So if they find some fool to take one of this positions... (after they lied to you) they will never let you move up. IMHO because you weren't good enough for a job that isn't stressful all the time. Those jobs are reserved for people they like.

I pushed back a bit yesterday. My boss asked me to do something unnecessary and told him i couldn't figure out what he wanted and then he explained I told him I didn't think it was necessary and so if he wanted me to enter something he had to explicitly write it out. Enough of making it easy on him.