Performance Review

Had my performance review the other day. Performance reviews are a strange thing, it's like a year of my life condensed into an hour meeting. Things that I don't even remember committing to pop up, and I'm at a loss to explain what actually happened.

I didn't do as well as I would have like, to be honest. Missed out on a few goals, but the realisation that came through from this session was that money plays a part at all levels of the company. I consider myself to still be a youngling (where do Star Wars script writers come up with these words??) at my company, so making money for the company is not something high in my priorities (I'm in an internal service area). Obviously you watch your costs, but the need to actively bring in money for IT is a new concept, and something to bring for the next year.

The other thing to bring for the next year is passion and enthusiasm. Much like that "Fish!" book (Yui, I think I still have your book!), it seems like I'm great when there's exciting things to do (and perform quite well), but mundane tasks make me want to procrastinate :)

So the answer is less surfing the web, batch checking of emails (you know that if you check your email once a minute, you will create 500 interruptions??), and just focussing on the tasks at hand. The other option is to just give me exciting projects and I'll be the bomb!

Did anyone have any fun reviews this year?

Only one cheap call:

mine was along the lines of... fantastic effort this past year... above and beyond... great feedback from all your managers and clients... unfortunately we can't afford to give you a raise... but keep up the good work
ding! (email) (link) - 31 July '05 - 15:01