Phew, Suzi.
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
Anya ,'Sleeper'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Sep 18, 2012 1:47:53 pm PDT #22638 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
shrift - Sep 18, 2012 1:50:47 pm PDT #22639 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Actually, I eat a surprisingly well-balanced and tasty meal while crapping out well-balanced craps, all while doing quality work for y'all, and you should give me more money.
Aw, I really wish I could cut and paste that.
Mostly, it's just that getting a promotion has led to heightened expectations and lower performance scores due to those expectations. Plus, I've been sick for two goddamn weeks, I got a flu shot this morning, and we had a fire drill this afternoon.
Dana - Sep 18, 2012 1:52:52 pm PDT #22640 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
getting a promotion has led to heightened expectations and lower performance scores due to those expectations.
Is there any way out of this bullshit cycle?
I am going with more "blah blah I'm fabulous" on my review this year, because that's apparently what they want, instead of things like "I said I would do this, and I did it, on time and under budget."
shrift - Sep 18, 2012 2:04:10 pm PDT #22641 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Is there any way out of this bullshit cycle?
Yeah, I get to do even more stuff and work my way back up?
Dana - Sep 18, 2012 2:09:31 pm PDT #22642 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Well, I kind of meant on a more global scale, this way that performance reviews work. There's no way it's really sustainable, is it? If an employee keeps doing more and more, and expectations get higher and higher, you can't always meet them, and then you're just getting punished for doing a good job.
Jesse - Sep 18, 2012 2:15:07 pm PDT #22643 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They put in a new system at my job last year, and they made a whole song and dance about how 3 is "meets expectations" and the expectations are really high, so most people should get a 3. So I gave myself a 3. My boss didn't hear the song and dance this year, so I got a 4. That's something.
Dana - Sep 18, 2012 2:23:12 pm PDT #22644 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
they made a whole song and dance about how 3 is "meets expectations" and the expectations are really high, so most people should get a 3.
We get that too. So then isn't it kind of pointless except for the people who aren't 3s? But we all have to go through the process and spend the time.
Connie Neil - Sep 18, 2012 2:23:32 pm PDT #22645 of 30001
brillig
"Yes, 3 is meet expectations. But, you know, a really dedicated employee would want to do more than just meet expectations."
Is the thinking here.
brenda m - Sep 18, 2012 2:27:17 pm PDT #22646 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
They put in a new system at my job last year, and they made a whole song and dance about how 3 is "meets expectations" and the expectations are really high, so most people should get a 3. So I gave myself a 3.
This is us. And after saying it for a long time we're really living it, and cue a whole lot of Type A people flipping right the fuck out.
Of course, I am also shrift this year, so come year end I may be one of them.
le nubian - Sep 18, 2012 2:32:07 pm PDT #22647 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."