"Performance" Rating

I had my performance evaluation for 2005 yesterday; all six months that I was here. Considering I spent my first six months “learning the processes” and completely bored, for the most part, there wasn’t really much to talk about. About a month ago, I went through a similar process with my “mentor” where we discussed goals for the future as well as a self-evaluation of my past and the steps I need to take to “bridge the gap” so to speak.

My evaluation yesterday pretty much highlighted my own take of things and so I sat there bored and BSing about “change” or “growth”. I really can’t complain since my evaluation went well and as a result I earn another small pay increase for the evaluation bracket I’m in (though I don’t know when it’ll apply). Oddly enough, it showed a $2,000 bonus value still added in to my salary. I’d like to think I’ve earned another bonus for my “dedication” and “hard-work” from last year, but I know it’ll be removed from the system before I see a penny.

Judging from this post, I think I’ll start using quotation marks more to symbolize a sarcastic approach to company buzz-words. That should add some fun to these meetings.