I don't look at work as a gift. I've always worked but its a
necessary evil not anything that is given to me but that I've
worked to achieve. I'm very good at what I do.... better
than most. Work is not a charity business does not decide
out of the kindness of its heart to give you work like a gift
it NEEDS you and hires you and pays you with a certain
level of resent because you are considered a cost. If it
could let you go it would in a heart beet. The foundation
of work is a battering system I have a skill that a business
needs/wants and in traid they provide me with X each
party brings a thing of value to the table and each walks
away from the trade feeling they were fairly treated by the
exchange of goods and services. END OF STORY.
I'm not keeping my head down or my opinions to myself
heck take a look at my recent self evaluation below. I
don't give up my opinions or goals or self respect just to
work for a company to me a company is just that a means
to an end as I am to it.
Name: James S. Quinn Date: 10/22/08
Title: Desktop Support Specialist
Manager: Craig Stephenson
Department: Desktop Support
Company: Never know from day to day
1a. Accomplishments
List your top 3-5 accomplishments during this review
period. Include special assignments and other recognition.
Oh man I don?t pay that close attention to things? Heck I
don?t know what I had for breakfast this morning. I?m very
cavalier about most things in life.
However I did work on Inventory/serial number controls
which includes labeling individual systems with
Applications installed and serial numbers.
Kept plugging away about standards and keeping them
under control
Was the original to introduce parallels to TMS and it?s use
on the Macintosh to provide an all in one solution to
computing needs.
1b. Strengths
I don?t get flustered in emergencies (I have the benefit of
knowing I can handle anything thrown my way)
I am painfully honest to everyone regardless of stature or
rank.
I can be counted upon to get the job done. Including
coming in during vacations to complete time sensitive
tasks and am always available in case of a real emergency.
2. Areas for Improvement
In what areas would you like to improve? What can you and
your manager do to help you improve?
I am unmotivated. Fear is not a motivator for me that
leaves very little else that can in our current environment. I
don?t think Craig can help me (Don?t get me wrong this is
not a comment about Craig?s abilities but rather the
environment we both find ourselves in). What I would
need is tasks that I can work towards that do not have
constant second guessing and finger pointing, back
stabbing involved. In other worlds I need to have complete
responsibility for a given area and if anyone is free to jump
in and over rule me than I am not in charge and I feel no
responsibility for the end results. There is way to many ?I
told you so? people in this company. Way to many
?Chicken littles? as well I could not be given the
responsibility that I want and crave to be motivated to do
much more than just what needs to be done. Sort of like
the hero in Office Space. Oh and there are also the
popular ?second guessers?. Not so much a motivating
environment.
I?m VERY good at what I do. In fact it?s safe to say that this
company has no idea of my true abilities and yet that is
how good I am.
3. Goals and Career Aspirations
What would you like to accomplish during the upcoming
review period? How can your manager help you with this?
What are your career goals?
Goals? My goal is to work in a place that does not have my
future hanging on the next merger and following layoffs.
My goal is to work hard and get rewarded for said effort.
?Effort vs rewards?. My goal is to be respected. My goal is
to see people promoted to management because they have
experience in their area not a meaningless college degree.
My goal is to have a team of managers and supervisors
that I can feel good about (not a select few)?? top to
bottom where I can feel secure in their guidance, sound
judgment, and ability to perform as a true team not the
made up team concept I have witnessed over the years.
TEAM is when everyone does their part for a common goal,
and all share in the reward. I don?t often see that but I
often hear the word ?team? used despite it?s lack of proper
definition.
Other than that just getting by is OK too?.:)
4. Additional comments
Was this necessary?
Pagan jim
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| The comfort of the familiar trumps the fear of uncertain economic conditions, say workers. |
So, let’s say that you’re one of the lucky ones who slip out from under the economic downturn’s merciless grip, and you get to keep your job. Aside from keeping your head down and by all means, not audibly cheering your good fortune, what do you do?
While it is is of course a “gift” to “have a job at all” (as others will be sure to tell you), office life for those saved by the axe can be anything but a relief. There is a bigger work burden for each employee, who must then cover for a position or two that has been lost and morale takes a hit as the unsettled feeling about one’s job security doesn’t leave when the last pink slip is distributed.
There is more career conservativeness. Is this the time to job hunt, what with the job market flooded with established applicants with bad luck? Probably not, most workers rationalize, and choose to stay where they are.
If you’re one of these people, a new survey finds that you’re anything but alone. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. middle managers said that the economy was having a negative impact on their work environments, according to the survey released today by Accenture, a management consultancy. And despite the fact that more than half (53 percent) said that they were dissatisfied or only somewhat satisfied with their jobs, only 13 percent said they were actively looking for a new job. Nearly half (46 percent) felt that taking a new job in the current economic environment was risky.
There is good reason to be cautious, too, as it is hard to fully know the financial health of a company you may be considering jumping ship to. When layoffs come around, it is usually the newest employees who are given the boot, putting these professionals in exactly the place they were trying to avoid.
So what can be done? Accenture feels that employers whose ranks are filled with employees worried about their job security should do what they can to reassure them, and to help them cope, be it through opportunities for telecommuting, four-day work weeks or transportation subsidies. But if there is one thing for certain, it is that most employees are too unwilling to make waves right now to ask for these things themselves.
