Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Mid-career crisis
I was given my mid-year review yesterday. I was depressed the rest of the day after that. It started out fine. They said my performance was outstanding and impressive after that web team member left for another job. I’ve been picking up the slack and generally kicking ass. But before that, apparently, my productivity has been “steadily declining” and I’ve “demonstrated a sense of non-urgency in completing daily postings.”
First of all, when I first started this job I was told our “service level agreement” was two days, unless it is marked urgent. So at the end of the day sometimes there are still some non-urgent things to do that haven’t been done yet. I figure I’ve got a whole other day to complete them. Well apparently I don’t. They want us to demonstrate “superior customer service” by completing everything ASAP. So every fucking thing is urgent. Well this would have been nice to know sooner!
Needless to say my inquiry about the job opening was declined because they don’t think I’m “ready”. Morons. I could do that job easily. Might even get me motivated. Did they think maybe my productivity is declining because I’m bored to death? A fucking monkey could do this damn job. There’s no design, no thinking, no problem-solving, absolutely nothing to stimulate my brain. Just “make this change here” and “put that document there” all day long. I’m stagnating, and it’s hurting my chances to get a better job somewhere else.
Which makes me think about just leaving the industry altogether. It’s killing my shoulders anyway. Every single day I go home with multiple knots in my muscles from computing all day. I stretch and have ergonomic equipment, but the fact remains the muscles still get overworked by the end of the day. I need to do something different. I need a month off. Too bad I can’t afford it.
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