Part of the problem was they didn't know that I was doing more advanced work. During my temp tenure, my boss left, her boss quit and eventually I was reporting to a vice-president. I should have done a better job advocating for myself.

I am so confused. How is asking for your previous W-2 not illegal?

God, I hate self-evaluations.

Me, too. We're doing our mid-year reviews (our calendar is not like your Earth US calendar). My job's changed a fair bit, so in my evaluation notes I had to say things like, "Well, I can't say I improved my work on that area because I'm not doing that anymore. Instead I'm doing these three other things. At which I rock. But still. Can't claim an improvement in the first item, sorry."

It seems like it should be illegal, right? But if companies are allowed to run your credit, I guess the W-2 is not much different?

I'm kind of flummoxed they get to run your credit scores to be honest. It all kind of seems to me to be less about getting useful info for evaluating someone's ability to work, and more about seeing how far they can shove their corporate arm up someone's ass before he cries Uncle.

So, in a complete change of topic, I caught up with The Good Wife last night.

Was that the season finale? And OMG Kalinda. ::flails::

Burrell, I agree. But there doesn't seem to be any way to get around it, unless you're working for your uncle or something.

Lego wigs

Stompy

We came to a major decision this past week – the 2,500 pound, 135 horsepower, propane-fueled, hydraulically powered hexapod robot will be named… Stompy.

But there doesn't seem to be any way to get around it

And there's the real problem, isn't it? Ah well.