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unlost dogsunlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
edited March 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
Anybody else in the middle of performance evaluation season? Where you really, really hope that you did Wicked Pissa and are getting a big fat bonus?

Mine is tomorrow afternoon, at a restaurant near work.

The sensible part of me thinks: "My boss is awesome, and wants to have this great conversation in a light, fun atmosphere with good food."

The paranoid part of me thinks: "My boss is careful, and wants to deliver a poor review in a public place because it's less likely that I'll make a scene."

How did your annual performance review go?

:corn:
15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    unlost dogs wrote:
    Anybody else in the middle of performance evaluation season? Where you really, really hope that you did Wicked Pissa and are getting a big fat bonus?

    Mine is tomorrow afternoon, at a restaurant near work.

    The sensible part of me thinks: "My boss is awesome, and wants to have this great conversation in a light, fun atmosphere with good food."

    The paranoid part of me thinks: "My boss is careful, and wants to deliver a poor review in a public place because it's less likely that I'll make a scene."

    How did your annual performance review go?

    :corn:


    aka, Jerry McGuire

    My self eval is due sometime next week. Never know how to fill out those things...
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    I would go with...

    "I am wonderful."

    "I did wonderful things all year long."

    "You should give me a big fat bonus."

    Alternatively, for you Dissidentman, you might consider:

    "I didn't kill anybody in the past year. On purpose."

    "I promoted cultural diversity by wearing my bucket hat on Casual Fridays. Because headgear is a form of cultural expression."

    "I felt bad about calling in sick when I really wasn't sick."
    15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    is this the same boss that wanted to tag along when you went to find trouble with kw and 81?

    at my last job, I never once got a 'performance review'. :?
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  • supadupasupadupa Chicago Posts: 377
    Yep, just turned in my self-evaluation last week. At most I can expect a 5% raise of my salary. My boss is in the midst of a nervous breakdown, and I have no idea if that's going to be a positive or a negative thing for me.
  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    we are suppose to be in the middle of the process....

    boss was suppose to send out something monday so that we coudl fill it out and return it by next monday....

    i've not seen anything...i will not be asking about it...

    last two years, my reviews have lasted a combined 5 minutes.
    81 is now off the air

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  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    edited February 2013
    my eval is coming up but i think my boss is a socialist. last year, i was one of the top grossing reps but got a mere 3% bump on my base - same as my peers. :x
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    davidtrios wrote:
    my eval is coming up but i think my boss is a socialist. last year, i was one of the top grossing reps but got a mere 3% bump- same as my peers. :x

    our sales peeps get 0%. if they want to make more, they need to sell more.
    81 is now off the air

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  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    81 wrote:
    davidtrios wrote:
    my eval is coming up but i think my boss is a socialist. last year, i was one of the top grossing reps but got a mere 3% bump on my base- same as my peers. :x

    our sales peeps get 0%. if they want to make more, they need to sell more.


    im lucky bc i get an 80/20 scale...80% base, the rest is commish.
  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Dissidentman wrote:
    My self eval is due sometime next week. Never know how to fill out those things...

    i had to do one of those at my last company.... i did it jimmy from seinfeld style. it was the best review ever. :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    supadupa wrote:
    Yep, just turned in my self-evaluation last week. At most I can expect a 5% raise of my salary. My boss is in the midst of a nervous breakdown, and I have no idea if that's going to be a positive or a negative thing for me.


    tread lightly...
  • drinkbigredinsteaddrinkbigredinstead Posts: 2,240
    Yes - evaluation done, bonus approved, raise approved.

    I'm not in sales though, mine is more from an operational risk standpoint.
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,876
    I had my review yesterday. It went really well. Shitty part is that I don't find out until April what my raise is and if I get a bonus.
  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    drinkbigredinstead wrote:
    Yes - evaluation done, bonus approved, raise approved.

    I'm not in sales though, mine is more from an operational risk standpoint.


    treat yo self
  • drinkbigredinsteaddrinkbigredinstead Posts: 2,240
    davidtrios wrote:
    drinkbigredinstead wrote:
    Yes - evaluation done, bonus approved, raise approved.

    I'm not in sales though, mine is more from an operational risk standpoint.


    treat yo self


    Oh I am ;) this is where Wrigley comes in.
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    I always had an annual evaluation when I worked in hospitals.

    My last hospital job, the evaluation included my director writing something flowery and handing me my goals for the coming year. She'd assigned me to various projects without ever speaking with me, or with colleagues who were already working on those projects. So while the eval was good, the goals part was uncomfortable.

    This job, totally different. It's taken very seriously, and we have strict deadlines for submitting formatted self-evals based on the goals you set for yourself (with your manager) at the beginning of the year. Managers of direct reports have strict deadlines for writing their portion, and then for meeting with individuals. Generally it's an hourlong discussion, and toward the end it involves talking about goals for the upcoming year.

    I really like the process here...
    15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,600
    81 wrote:
    davidtrios wrote:
    my eval is coming up but i think my boss is a socialist. last year, i was one of the top grossing reps but got a mere 3% bump- same as my peers. :x

    our sales peeps get 0%. if they want to make more, they need to sell more.

    That is what I tell my team. Want a raise every year w/o selling more? Get a job other than Sales. I dont cap their earnings and I dont take back their base if they have a crappy year.
    (But I do set their forecasts...)
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Indifference71 wrote:
    I had my review yesterday. It went really well. Shitty part is that I don't find out until April what my raise is and if I get a bonus.

    every where i have ever been it's been, get review,...get raise at end....

    this year, this company decided to make them seperate conversations....
    81 is now off the air

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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    (But I do set their forecasts...)

    i get a small vote on those. :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    I'm have mine next week. I've been with my company for 9 years and had my best year ever last year. I hate it though because it always feels like an arbitration meeting in baseball where no matter how good you are they focus on what you could have done better...

    you know to help you improve.

    I'm like dude skrew you and show me the money!
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  • DURPDURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    I'm not familiar with the term "Wickad Pissa" sounds like a crappy 80's hair band.
    My butt itches!
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    I just cut and paste what I wrote in last year's self-evaluation.

    The person who gets my boss's position never lasts more than a year anyway (which is why I have refused that promotion in the past).
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  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    huh huh huh huh - butthead
    hehehheheheehe - beavis
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    unlost dogs wrote:
    Where you really, really hope that you did Wicked Pissa and are getting a big fat bonus?

    I'm not entirely sure what that above means, but I find it funny because 'pissa' in Finnish means 'pee'. :P

    Back on topic: I'm meeting with the headmistress this Friday, to talk about how things have been going for me. (I started this job back in August.) Shouldn't be heavy stuff, but I'm still a little nervous because the headmistress is an intimidating lady.
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  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    Getting a decent bonus this year. My segment did really well this year but the company only did ok. I'm not on commissions but get a sweet salary plus Overtime Pay. Surprising considering what my annual base salary is.
  • comebackgirlcomebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    we have to do a self-evaluation that is like a freaking book...complete with an index and attachments...usually well over 100 pages in the end. It gets passed to my director who then regurgitates a letter that's a synopsis of what I've done...then passed on to the Dean, the VP and the President...all regurgitating what the person before them has said. The only person who actually reads it is my director...and then they'll decide if we can stay employed or not, but there aren't any merit raises. This year I'm going to submit the final copy in Polish and see if anyone actually pays attention :lol:
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    I've always felt that reviews should contain no surprises - if you're honest with yourself and if your boss communicates with you constructively throughout the year, the only things left to wonder about are goals - if any - and potential raise/bonus.
  • PJ-CubsPJ-Cubs Posts: 3,328
    comebackgirl wrote:
    we have to do a self-evaluation that is like a freaking book...complete with an index and attachments...usually well over 100 pages in the end. It gets passed to my director who then regurgitates a letter that's a synopsis of what I've done...then passed on to the Dean, the VP and the President...all regurgitating what the person before them has said. The only person who actually reads it is my director...and then they'll decide if we can stay employed or not, but there aren't any merit raises. This year I'm going to submit the final copy in Polish and see if anyone actually pays attention :lol:

    You speak Polish? Seems like that's a unique job skill that should get you a bigger salary.
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    hedonist wrote:
    I've always felt that reviews should contain no surprises - if you're honest with yourself and if your boss communicates with you constructively throughout the year, the only things left to wonder about are goals - if any - and potential raise/bonus.

    This.

    That's advice that I got early on, and I held myself to that when I was writing evaluations for my direct reports. (I had 150 direct reports when I was a nurse manager. Which is complete insanity.) An annual eval that contains a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, means the manager has failed to communicate effectively.

    And, for those who don't know, "Wicked Pissa" is a uniquely New England term. It might be specific to eastern Massachusetts. Or confined to Metro Revere. Anyway, it roughly translates to "really good." :)

    When I was growing up, my parents tolerated "wicked" but "pissa" was absolutely, positively verboten.
    15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
  • comebackgirlcomebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    PJ-Cubs wrote:
    comebackgirl wrote:
    we have to do a self-evaluation that is like a freaking book...complete with an index and attachments...usually well over 100 pages in the end. It gets passed to my director who then regurgitates a letter that's a synopsis of what I've done...then passed on to the Dean, the VP and the President...all regurgitating what the person before them has said. The only person who actually reads it is my director...and then they'll decide if we can stay employed or not, but there aren't any merit raises. This year I'm going to submit the final copy in Polish and see if anyone actually pays attention :lol:

    You speak Polish? Seems like that's a unique job skill that should get you a bigger salary.
    Well I know the important stuff...like how to ask for a beer and the dirty words :oops: :lol:
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Oh evaluations... thanks, Carl Jung.
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