As we speak, my friend is sitting at desk, sweating bullets, awaiting the Dreaded Annual Review.
What a pile of shit.
Annual Reviews are BULLSHIT.
Just another f’ucking opportunity for useless shitheel middle management to justify their existence to the big bosses by PRETENDING to know what’s going on in their department, and, at the same time, dispel self-awareness of what useless POSs they really are by the cheap slutty psycho-sexual thrill of creating fear and panic among their underlings.
Typical asshole non-management.
You got a staff problem?
Deal with it when it happens.
99% of the time, they’re working off some stupid checklist they were handed.
And THEIR bosses aren’t going to accept any 100% assessments, which is stupid, anyway, because if the f’ucking manager’s doing ther job all year 'round, why are there problems?
Thank gawd, I am one of the lucky few who doesn’t have to put up with this crap.
I’m firmly embedded in a good old-fashioned firm where there’s no feedback, no assessment, no warning, either you’re in for life, or you’re pinked on payday.
Seriously, which would you rather get, a nonstop on-going series of these:
[quote=“blake”]
We’re adding a little something to this month’s sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody want to see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.
[/quote] I’ll take #2 any day.[/quote]
Take the steak knives and use them to stab your colleagues in the back.
[quote=“tash”]Aftermath of the Dreaded Annual Review:
A DEE?! A DEE?! I’ve never gotten an effin D for ANYthing, EVER, IN MY LIFE!!![/quote]
Don’t worry about it. In another Asian country I was given a performance review. They told me I didn’t NEED to have one being a contractor but WANTED to include me in it anyway as part of ‘the team’.
I was shat on, basically. I worked my ass off and did a wad of stuff outside my job description, but I was told quietly it was a ‘cultural thing’ to mark down the foreigner at review time - helps out with promotion, performance bonuses etc if everyone is seen to be kicking ass of the specialist import. (on paper)
FWIW, don’t base any career decisions on this piece of paper. It is just total BS like the Chief says, and everyone involved with it knows it’s crap. A good Annual Review form should have a provision for the reviewee’s comments - USE IT. I spelt out in no uncertain terms the specific details about my performance that were ‘missed’, and funnily enough, that completed review never made it out of the boss’s orifice to HR. I found it interesting how insignificant this ‘important review’ suddenly became to my boss when I told him I had another job at the end of my contract and wouldn’t be renewing.
And can you move your desk down to the sub-basement for us…Thaaaaaaaanks[/quote]
I LOVE It! But shouldn’t it read:
Yeeaahh…and if you could just go ahead and aaahh…move your desk down to the basement for us…that would be great…Thaaaaanks!
