Plays Well With Others

Reviewed and Screwed …

I’ve been working for about thirteen years, for four other companies, both large and small. I’ve worked in both managerial positions and under several supervisors, all with different approaches to how they manage people. A few were very good, had great interpersonal skills and were people that I admired so much, that I couldn’t help but want to succeed for them. Others appear to have never been trained on how to supervise and effectively communicate with others, and, at times, are the reason for a drop in morale within a department. Working with all these people, I’ve learned to adapt to their personalities in order to make my professional life as pleasant as possible. I’ve also learned to distance my work life and my home life as much as possible.

Over the past thirteen years, I’ve been through numerous reviews and the one constant is that I’ve always been given excellent reviews. Most supervisors have always been supportive and, at the same time, vocal about their appreciation with my employment. Basically, they’ve always made me feel like they were glad that I was a part of their team. Sure, there have been criticisms, but they’ve always been minimal and I’ve always worked to improve those things which I’ve been less strong at. I’ve understood that that’s just a part of the cycle — you can’t improve if you are already perfect.

And this brings me to the current company I work for, or at least the department for that company that I currently work in. At other jobs, the person giving the review usually started off with a compliment of some sort and a “thank you” for doing the job and choosing to work with them. At my current company, they sort of just punch you in the stomach as you’re walking in the door. No “thank you’s”, no appreciative comments, just the “let’s get on with what’s wrong with you” type of deal. It’s great. And probably a big reason I feel the way I do about the group I work with.

Additionally, I’ve also never worked in a department that rarely says “Good morning” or “Good night” at the end of the day, but instead walks past each other and out the door, with the exception of a few. This must be purely departmental or sectional, because I can clearly hear the group in the cube next to me enjoying each others company. I understand that we are here to get a job done and not to be each others new friends, but it’s just something I find odd. That a supervisor leaves at the end of the day, without at least checking on how the remaining employees are doing — something other supervisors I’ve had have done. I guess leading by example isn’t a part of this company’s philosophy.

This all affects my morale and, in turn, my opinion of the department and company as a whole. Most of my time working in the creative services department, I’ve felt overly criticisized and unappreciated by my supervisors. I’ve worked extremely hard in this department, coming in early, leaving late to get jobs done on-time and on schedule and none of that shows in my past performance reviews. On numerous occasions I’ve helped other employees with computer issues, software issues or production issues. Also, probably not shown in past reviews, which brings me to this performance review.

I have a feeling it’s going to go the same way as usual. They’ll crap all over me, and I’ll fight my way up to bring up the fact that I’m not the mental handicap that they make me out to be. In fact, I produce A LOT of work for this department, quickly and on-time. Of course, none of that will be mentioned in their review.

Half the crap they complain about is contradictory anyhow. After three months of working here, they reviewed and said that I didn’t fully understand the business insight of the company. Erm. Yeah, I’m a retard because I haven’t grasped, in detail, what the fuck this company does in three months of working here.

Anyhow, I actually like the company and what it does. I’m very interested in the products they put out and how it helps clients financially. That’s all exciting. And the department I work in is full of great people too. It’s just this small portion of the department that sucks ass. The supervisors in particular, who probably got their certificates in managing people out of a cracker jack box. That, is something that has to change. I’m starting to emphathize with people that go “postal”.

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