Tuesday, February 28, 2006
This might be my year
Most of you are probably feeling sorry for this little geek and her leaky house. But worry not, things are looking up! First of all, through all the rain (which I love anyway) the sun came shining through. As soon as I noticed it get brighter while still hearing the pitter patter of raindrops, I immediately ran outside to look for a rainbow. It was amazing… an entire arc that was just too big to fit in one shot. I fit as much of it as I could…
I only took one shot because it was still raining and electronics don’t quite mix well with water.
Of course rainbows don’t solve anything. I think it was just foreshadowing of the good news to come. At work I got my performance evaluation for the year. (Quick summary of my job situation: I started this awesome new job in January last year. Each year performance evals determine your adjusted monetary compensation.) So I went into my manager’s office to discuss their evaluation of me. The first words out of his mouth were YOU’RE FIRED! Heeeheeheee can you imagine? Oh come on, I said there was good news! Don’t you listen?
What he really said was, “I’m actually pretty excited to give you your evaluation!” That bodes well, don’t you think? He went on list off my strengths and what they liked about me. (Good material for a separate, horn-tooting post later.) The best part was at the end, when he finally gave me my grade. The scale is 1 to 5. 1 means you’re pathetic and will probably be fired. 2 means you’re a disappointment. 3 means you’re living up to their expectations. 4 means you’re exceeding their expectations and they are quite thrilled with your work. 5 means you are blowing everyone completely out of the water and are likely on the fast track to upper management. The vast majority of the population gets 3s. They have to be very stingy with their grading because this also determines how much of a raise you get. This also determines your share of the bonus pool.
My grade? 4. FOUR! I got a FOUR everybody! They love me!! WOOOOOOTWOOOOOT! Are you grinning? I am! Afterwards I told him today was a perfect day to assign me a truckload of crapwork because I’m going to be grinning all day long. Heck, all week long! The bonus amount they’re going to give me is going to cover the cost of a new roof… not just over the add-on portion, but the entire roof!
Wait, what’s that? There’s more good news? Why yes, yes there is. In May I will have finally paid off my car. With my upcoming raise and the soon-to-be-disappearing car payments, things won’t be so tight around here.
I just might get cable!
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