@Enderland - RE: workplace.stackexchange.com/a/10542/16 Are you sure the problem is not that the OP did not just quit his job. That seems to be the 90+ vote concensus
Its bizzare that my question was closed as not constructive :-(
I do not see why a question is not good enough if it solicits opinion/debate. For questions related to workplace there cannot be proven facts to answer them IMO.
@R11G You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site
This is my first company where I am working straight out of college.
I got an appraisal - apparently the first in my career. Its quite decent. Also, my room-mate got a slightly higher than me with the same performance rating as me.
I have a lot going on in my mind. Am I not good enough? Why I am...
@Chad My point is a guy who has just started working and got his first appraisal (as mentioned) - how he should view it keeping in mind that there are so many aberrations going around in the workplace (i.e people getting different even though they have the same ratings). I feel there is surely a way to answer this.
Apart from this, I respect the site's norms and I myself use it a lott. But I can't see how every question related to workplace will not be open-ended. Won't filtering these questions reduce the usefulness of our site ?
If the question was savable we would edit it. I just do not know what question you are wanting to ask. We can not tell you how to feel. Your review said you did what you were supposed to. What is it you want to know
Some Constructive questions you could ask: How can I use my review to improve the results next year? On my review my mgr said I needed to improve _____ how can I do that?
To be honest, I've been reading a lot of stuff recently and trying to come to terms to life outside school :-) I knew it would be so different but I just cannot seem to accept it.
realistically, whether you should be happy/sad about that rating and how to receive it would be much better answered by someone you can talk with directly and on an ongoing process
I'd talk with your HR department, probably? I'm not sure. My company has a formalized process for this
(this also varies a ton by people and company I think, I've had really good luck in finding people who DO care about me as a person, and I partially based my career path and company off this)
I did have many profs who did their Ph.ds from the US. And they were at max 10-15yrs older. A few of them were really awesome ! cared about you. And a few of them were - (best not said).
ok. In This Python conference, a woman overhears two guys sitting behind cracking forks/dongle jokes with sexual undertones. She takes a picture of them and tweets. The two guys get fired and later on that woman is also fired by her company.
No... I am trying to transfer to a position in my parent company... this department DESPERATELY wants me, but....
they couldn't interview me for months because the directors of the terrible departments put a political hold on internal transfers to stop their brain drains to other groups
then...
I go on the interview... they tell me it is a formality and that I am the guy they REALLY want
but then instead of getting a call for an offer I get a call from an HR drone saying that because I recently had a 3% merit raise that I can't negotiate for a higher salary
@enderland This is the most blatantly political organization I have ever witnesses so that isn't surprising, but it is interesting that directors and most middle managers get wiped out every two years or so...
seriously, the guys on the ground could come to work with an assault rifle, snorting blow like from Scarface and they still probably wouldn't get fired
@maple_shaft But I think that this goes to show that, for many reasons, it's much easier to earn more money at another company than it is to earn a merit increase or a promotion.
The other day I was thinking why all organizations become political hotbed. The simple answer I could come up was - where there are people involved, there will be politics. cc/- @maple_shaft
@R11G Just stay aware... don't let your emotions cloud your judgement... don't take things personally when you work hard on something and it is shot down... remind yourself that you are there to take orders and make money... don't get emotionally vested in the bigger picture
also don't have high expectations of people...
nearly everybody will let you down if you expect something from them
@maple_shaft Which, IMO, is a shame for two reasons: 1) When Jim Leyland was the manager, they were a decent team. 2) It looks like they have a beautiful park.
actually, the whole soccer world dynamics have changed since the Sheikhs have started taking over clubs. They have immense money and they buy players on whims.
Compared to that John Henry is quite frugal with his money..which is right too in a way.
I have been having a lot of discussions with developers on being paid fairly. I'm curious how do you define being underpaid? And what do you do to fix that problem?
This is the article that caused all the discussions - http://blog.goodsense.io/2013/04/02/are-you-an-underpaid-developer
@JimG. Life depresses me. you can work hard at something your whole life just so you have a modest standard of living only to find that the anxiety inducing soul crushing downward push on labor costs from the globalized market make you a defunct relic of a by gone era
$12/hr
Capitalism at its absolute finest
Corporations have money to pay more, so it isn't even about money. it is about control through wage slavery
that is what it has always been about. Skilled craftsmen who can set their own price are the bane of the wealthy
that is what it has always been about
control
how else do you control something by taking a skilled trade and turning it into a commodity
everything must be a commodity... everything must have a set anticipated price
@maple_shaft you surrender your soul by allowing yourself to be chained to one place. You can get 3 weeks pto and more pay elsewhere. Though you may have to move for it. I find that consultants generally get treated better than employees.
I have been having a lot of discussions with developers on being paid fairly. I'm curious how do you define being underpaid? And what do you do to fix that problem?
This is the article that caused all the discussions - http://blog.goodsense.io/2013/04/02/are-you-an-underpaid-developer
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