Job Review
Just had my performance review here at work.Some background ...
They have a really stupid rating system. It's a 1-5 system. 1 is horrible performance, 5 is the greatest possible performance. So, naturally you would think that 3 is average. If you do a really good job all year you'd expect a 4, right? Wrong. So, everyone almost always gets 3's, including me.
Last year the highly emotional, expressive, dino-woman VP was in a real snit during review time. There were problems with the way the current project was progressing and she (as usual) flipped. The problems were temporary, but they happened to fall in the weeks just prior to the reviews. So, she used the reviews to punish everyone. Did it matter that you did a great job all year long, working overtime (although you are on salary), working weekends? No. She was mad. And that's all that mattered to her.
WHAM! We all got slammed in the reviews. I even got a 2, which I protested and my immediate manager (who did not stand up for us) changed it to a 3. I worked so hard that year. I got 2 bonuses and special commendations for the very same insane VP, but none of that mattered. Only the last two weeks mattered to her. Well, I ended up with a 4% raise. It's better than nothing, I guess. Another thing, the company was losing a little money back then, so they were laying people off and tightening their belts. I think this is the real reason the raises were low, ...but they didn't say that. If they had come to me and said, "Look, we don't have money for much of a raise, but we'll give you what we can," I would have understood. Instead, they based our reviews on the last two weeks and used that as an excuse to give low raises.
So, I was not looking forward to this year. However, we have a new manager and I like him. He's pretty honest and I trust him. This year, despite not doing that great a job (kinda lost all motivation after last year's BS), I got a good review. All 3's and three 4's. The manager even said "Great job" "keep it up" etc.
My raise: 4% Haha.
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