Every year, right about this time, us lucky drones employees get the chance to review our own performance over the year, just prior to getting our manager and some others (whose names you never get to know) take the piss, sorry, comment on your writings and opinions. Normally, everyone puts forward a few ideas about how they’ve been slightly better than they need to be, get that backed up by examples and some comments from others (so-called 360 degree review).
This year, I’ve gone for broke. Under the ‘supporting comments’ for the Overall category, I’ve quoted the words of that famous country song by Mac David (ISTR?)
Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble
When you’re perfect in every way
I can’t wait to look in the mirror
Cuz I get better lookin each day
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a man
Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble
But I’m doin’ the best that I can
Appraise that!
Ha ha! Let us know how they respond to that
Alas, that had to be changed after meeting with the managers. I still had to ‘big myself up’ , it being a US system it encourages you to say just how fantastic everything you do is…not my style. Of course, you then have to admit to a small need of ‘development’ like being better at timekeeping or learning to tie a windsor knot…
Yes – I was pulled up for rolling my sleeves up the other day!
Pete, did you live in Finland in the 70′s? If you did, hello to you, and hello and greetings in any case!
jani