What a Difference a Year Makes!

I am just laughing at the irony here. It would appear my boss is rushing through all of our reviews this afternoon. Although I have been given no notice of this review, I do believe I will be having it today and I am not up for it at all! I am actually despising my job today and have been very dismal indeed...which could not bode well at all in a review. We were given the loathful 'self-evaluation' forms this year to fill out and I was quite honest. I admitted there are areas that I struggle with and need to really improve upon but also placed blame where it was more than due for lack of training, etc...which resulted in an account being poorly handled. In any case, I really hope I can get through the next hour and 10 minutes without a review.

The irony is that last year I had to continually harp on my boss (and his boss) for my review because I was pining for a major pay increase since my job responsibilities and title had changed. I did get the raise eventually, even though it was about 3 months overdue and I received no back pay. It wasn't as much as I had hoped for and something tells me that I won't be getting a raise this time around. I just found it interesting to think back to last year at this time and my repeated attempts to have my review taken care of and now today I don't even want to go through it. Oh well, it's beyond time to be job shopping anyway!

Well, since this post is still "scheduled" (what's that delay about now anyway?) I thought I would tack on an addendum...I did just receive my review and was handed a meager pay increase (basically just cost of living). I suppose it's better than nothing, but still. I will just have to work on improving everything I can while I am still here so that in the unlikely event I'm still here come next June I will receive an even heftier increase.