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Post by gray1720 on Aug 23, 2024 20:46:44 GMT
I've experienced this, and it generally means that you have to write a load of shite in your annual assessment.
However I've just spotted this one, which looks far more interesting!
"Company X's three laws:
Clarke’s Law:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” (Don’t fear failure, be ambitious)
Murphy’s Law:
“What can go wrong, will go wrong.” (You will fail, learn quickly)
Wheaton’s Law:
“Don’t be a d*ck!” (Others will fail you, support them)"
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Post by andy on Aug 23, 2024 22:30:58 GMT
I don't miss that appraisal shite. Dugs and bikes don't lie  |
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Post by zou on Aug 24, 2024 5:26:50 GMT
I don't miss that appraisal shite. Dugs and bikes don't lie Your dogs don't sleep? |
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Post by zou on Aug 24, 2024 5:28:09 GMT
I'm always amused by companies who think "We're a family!" is a good thing.
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Post by spinno on Aug 24, 2024 6:41:24 GMT
I'm always amused by companies who think "We're a family!" is a good thing. Look at McDonald's...and what happened with their kin and clan... |
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Post by gray1720 on Aug 24, 2024 6:44:29 GMT
I'm always amused by companies who think "We're a family!" is a good thing. Coming from a family that has got increasingly dysfucntional over the years, I'm right with you! |
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Post by aitch on Aug 24, 2024 7:00:47 GMT
I don't miss that appraisal shite. Dugs and bikes don't lie When annual appraisals started getting popular, there was a video with John Cleese demonstrating ways NOT to do an appraisal.
I had a project manager who thought it was the opposite...
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Post by spinno on Aug 24, 2024 7:55:00 GMT
I don't miss that appraisal shite. Dugs and bikes don't lie When annual appraisals started getting popular, there was a video with John Cleese demonstrating ways NOT to do an appraisal.
I had a project manager who thought it was the opposite...
Once went on a management course where we had to be either the villain (manager) or victim (jobholder)...I played the victim and absolutely wiped the floor with the manager in our "appraisal" ...at the same time I dug him out the hole I'd created for him by coming up with all the solutions to my issues...the course tutors reckoned it was the best they'd ever seen where an older jobholder had effectively taught a graduate manager how to do his job...priceless! |
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Post by zou on Aug 24, 2024 8:06:51 GMT
When annual appraisals started getting popular, there was a video with John Cleese demonstrating ways NOT to do an appraisal.
I had a project manager who thought it was the opposite...
Once went on a management course where we had to be either the villain (manager) or victim (jobholder)...I played the victim and absolutely wiped the floor with the manager in our "appraisal" ...at the same time I dug him out the hole I'd created for him by coming up with all the solutions to my issues...the course tutors reckoned it was the best they'd ever seen where an older jobholder had effectively taught a graduate manager how to do his job...priceless! Explains why he fired you the week after tho. |
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Post by spinno on Aug 24, 2024 8:23:20 GMT
Once went on a management course where we had to be either the villain (manager) or victim (jobholder)...I played the victim and absolutely wiped the floor with the manager in our "appraisal" ...at the same time I dug him out the hole I'd created for him by coming up with all the solutions to my issues...the course tutors reckoned it was the best they'd ever seen where an older jobholder had effectively taught a graduate manager how to do his job...priceless! Explains why he fired you the week after tho. No, he realised how difficult management was and changed his role. It's all very well bringing in these young guys in with heads full of theory but the lack of real experience shoots them down nearly every time. |
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Post by andy on Aug 24, 2024 8:28:39 GMT
Hopefully Adrian doesn't have the same problem and can find a job he really wants but I've never applied for another office job since being made redundant as I can't convince myself I want it so haven't tried to convince anyone I want it.
Thankfully plenty work available...one of my dog walking customers was recently quoted £1600 to paint the door frames and skirting boards in her hallway so I might end up doing it if she doesn't get a reasonable quote.
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Post by gray1720 on Aug 24, 2024 9:41:22 GMT
Hopefully Adrian doesn't have the same problem and can find a job he really wants but I've never applied for another office job since being made redundant as I can't convince myself I want it so haven't tried to convince anyone I want it. Thankfully plenty work available...one of my dog walking customers was recently quoted £1600 to paint the door frames and skirting boards in her hallway so I might end up doing it if she doesn't get a reasonable quote. Bloody hell, were they wearing a big hat and riding a horse? We paid 7k for a whole new bathroom! Agree on the office bit, it's like having your soul sucked out. |
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Post by John Farrell on Aug 24, 2024 9:47:07 GMT
I always found leaving a job (for whatever reason) an intensely liberating experience. Now, a generous government pays me to please myself...
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Post by spinno on Aug 24, 2024 9:53:31 GMT
.... Now, a generous government pays me to please myself... Cor blimey they used to warn us off doing things like that |
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Post by gray1720 on Aug 24, 2024 10:13:54 GMT
I always found leaving a job (for whatever reason) an intensely liberating experience. Now, a generous government pays me to please myself... Aside from the bit that Spinno has highlighted, I agree - it's a long while since I was upset to go. I have a low boredom threshold and a lot of biotech work is the same thing day in, day out, pretty much guaranteed to trip my switch. I realised I had to get out of the job before last the day I twigged that I was bored... while supposedly working to cure what killed my dad. That was a pretty sobering revelation. And I now know that the phrase "become a subject matter expert (SME)" is a big red flag. |
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