Well, I've ranted to my BFF and my favorite co-worker, and I'm calmed down now. I'm not looking for another job, I like my job and my company; I just hate performance reviews, and my boss is a terrible manager/communicator. I won't get a big raise, but it has nothing to do with my performance review; I'm too close to the ceiling of my salary band already and too close to retirement. (Okay, 14 years from retirement, but still.) I wish she'd just be honest about that, instead of pretending it's because my performance has been bad.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Feb 02, 2015 10:54:55 am PST #18026 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Liese S. - Feb 02, 2015 11:01:58 am PST #18027 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Someone on fb just asked my sister, the bible translator, if she and her husband have ever read all the way through the bible.
...
Well, gee, other than going to school to become a linguist, living in west Africa for two decades, learning a local tribal language, developing a written language, translating the bible into the language, teaching the people to read, promoting literacy, writing primers, and publishing the bible, you know, the bible isn't all that important to her, so probably no.
Wtf random fb lady?
Dana - Feb 02, 2015 11:04:37 am PST #18028 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Like, in a snooty way, Liese? That's crappy at the best of times, and really dumb, given your sister.
Trudy Booth - Feb 02, 2015 11:04:59 am PST #18029 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
If your sister wants to friend me just so I can say "READ it? Bitch, she TRANSLATED it." I'm happy to oblige.
I'd even say "shoot" over "bitch" as long as you promised to know that I meant "bitch."
-t - Feb 02, 2015 11:12:50 am PST #18030 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I get to utter the phrase, "coruscation of impromptu epigram."
Nice.
There's a different microwave in the kitchenette and it did not effectively heat my leftover pizza.
Performance reviews would be okay, maybe, if they were actually performances reviews and not another tool for squeezing more work for less money out of employees. Even so, they would probably inherently suck a fair amount.
WindSparrow - Feb 02, 2015 11:21:09 am PST #18031 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I've had performance reviews that were obviously designed to take the place of actual leadership. I hate getting goals where it is plain that I am not the one on the team falling down on the job in that area, but suddenly I am expected to hit the goal 100% to make up for other people's slovenliness just to make it look like the supervisor has addressed the issue.
Jesse - Feb 02, 2015 11:25:55 am PST #18032 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Someone on fb just asked my sister, the bible translator, if she and her husband have ever read all the way through the bible.
Hahaha! I mean, it's not like they translated the whole thing, right??
Connie Neil - Feb 02, 2015 11:27:32 am PST #18033 of 30000
brillig
They only translated the parts that fit their liberal agenda.
Atropa - Feb 02, 2015 11:35:23 am PST #18034 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I historically hate performance reviews, but the ones for my job now have been unstructured and boil down to "You're doing an awesome job, we're trying to get budget for an assistant, please don't have a nervous breakdown."
-t - Feb 02, 2015 11:38:21 am PST #18035 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That does sound pretty good, Jilli.