I have survived another year!

[gothams3rdrobin]

Today was my annual appraisal - been with the company seven years now! o.O I always dread these things, as I'm not comfortable talking about myself and never know what they actually want of me - management-ese sucks! Last year I actually burst into tears, even though my manager at the time wasn't being nasty with me. I just get that defensive and

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[jeditigger]

Cheers. And good for you, Cariad...because I know that causes you stress. :(

[gothams3rdrobin]

It does - I frequently wonder how they haven't fired me yet! But then my manager - who was a crap senior, but a surprisingly good manager - goes through my 'scorecard' in the monthly one-to-one meetings and shows me all the things I've scored perfectly (or close to perfectly) and I feel better :-)