work is making me stressed!

[tsuki_no_bara]

so you know how we're doing end of year reviews at work? in addition to those, we also have to do what are called performance spotlights, which you're supposed to initiate before a project and then finish after the project. we need three for the end of the year. i have to find three people to do like mini-reviews of my work in three different

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[nomercles]

ok, that lightning storm was incredible

[tsuki_no_bara]

mother nature really knows how to put on a show, doesn't she.

[donutsweeper]

Wow that lightning storm was awesome. Sorry about the work stress, it seems like more and more things are switched around in businesses based on the whims of someone in management rather than what would actually work the best.

I quit iZombie this year, too much of the universe they were working in felt strained and Liv's zombie brain personas got too annoying for me. :(

[tsuki_no_bara]

i'm sure there's a rationale somewhere for why they changed the process for annual reviews, but i have no idea what it is. i think it's part of a whole change to the corporate culture but it's still really frustrating.

liv on zombie brain is still annoying about 90% of the time, but the actress is really good at being all those different people.

[beeker121]

The lightning storm image is ah-mazing.

I really want to start iZombie, I read the comics and enjoyed the premise (had some trouble with that artist though). I know it's on netflix, it's just a matter of finding the time.

[tsuki_no_bara]

weather is so cool, seriously.

dooo eeeet. i never read it so i don't know how the show compares, but it's definitely worth checking out.

[countlibras]

I keep meaning to start izombie.

My annual review is coming up soon. Blech. And right after that I get to pick out my goals for fiscal year 2018. WHY DO I NEED GOALS? CAN'T I JUST DO MY WORK?

[tsuki_no_bara]

goals: to do my work and not be pestered by having to set goals for the next fiscal year.

:D what a pain, tho.

i definitely recommend izombie.

[amw]

This treads very close to going past the anonymity i like to retain on LJ, but i have a fair bit of familiarity with the peer feedback concept of performance reviews, because it is exactly the product we built in my last job. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on it, because i often found myself in debates with both colleagues and HR professionals about why peer reviews were better/worse than manager reviews. Is your company doing it to "encourage a feedback culture"?

[amw]

they are! i think the point is to keep us engaged with our jobs and the workplace. their new thing is making you the captain of your career - there's graphics with people sailing sailboats and everything - which i guess is supposed to make you feel like you have control over your professional life. (i'm an admin. it's not like i can be promoted that far, not like tax associates can move up to manager/director/managing director/whatever. i swear there are like seven or eight levels in the tax hierarchy. there are only forty people in tax, and one of them's me.) theoretically you're supposed to approach your manager or team leader before an engagement, so you can discuss your goals and expectations for that particular project, and when it's over you meet again and get and give feedback as to how you did. but my job doesn't really work that way, which makes it hard to do the specific performance reviews. they're not really peer reviews for me, tho, since i don't exactly have peers (by which i assume other admins) in tax. also

[tsuki_no_bara]

that was me. i have no idea why it posted anonymous.

[amw]

Yes, this captain of your career thing is very much a new trend in workplace culture that is being pushed hard from Silicon Valley and has started working its way into other industries too