I've never gotten COLA in my life except in the form of changing jobs. Which doesn't in any way change the suckness of faked-up bad reviews.
Gimme some milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Mar 26, 2014 6:23:21 pm PDT #23577 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Connie Neil - Mar 26, 2014 6:31:06 pm PDT #23578 of 30000
brillig
Oh, yes, the horror of just doing your job. I've gotten so much stinkeye from managers for meeting the requirements and not pushing to make more. IE, do more work without getting paid for it. Also known as "you're capable of so much more!"
Consuela - Mar 26, 2014 6:31:45 pm PDT #23579 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
A mandated curve makes no sense for a job environment; a good manager will make sure that all of her staff are meeting or exceeding goals (or manage them out of that job). And she's supposed to then randomly pick people to claim are not? Nonsense.
sarameg - Mar 26, 2014 6:31:55 pm PDT #23580 of 30000
I think we've always been guaranteed COLA because we're indirectly a gov't contract. But I could be wrong, it might just be the culture . To which the subcontract is diverging more and more. I also learned that corporate policies are beginning to treat all contracts as 1-3 yr contract positions. Which we are not. Their deal with the main contract is going on 30 years at this point. People don't leave my workplace to accept other positions within my subcontractor's company. They LEAVE.
sarameg - Mar 26, 2014 6:34:19 pm PDT #23581 of 30000
Well, Consuela, that's sense.
Which seems to be absent. Which is why this corporation is looking more and more like a moribund behemoth sustained by gov't contract inertia.
Atropa - Mar 26, 2014 6:38:52 pm PDT #23582 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I am laughing painfully and ironically at Jilli's post.
Can you tell I harbor some issues from my last job? The fact that I didn't set anyone on fire while I was there is a miracle.
aurelia - Mar 26, 2014 6:57:27 pm PDT #23583 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The Honorable Krystal Rivers, then? I forget what's correct.
I think so.
It's a little windy here.
Wow!
My friend Jeremy is speaking out re: marriage equality in MI. [link]
Frankenbuddha - Mar 26, 2014 7:06:40 pm PDT #23584 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's a little windy here.
Ah, what a glorious era we live in when hurricane season is year round!
I'd try to do a font close of some kind but the sarcasm and rage on this subject will never subside. Much like this winter, funnily enough.
bon bon - Mar 26, 2014 7:07:11 pm PDT #23585 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
My job has some outrageous performance norming too, but at least it's toward average. But when the stats came out and managers averaged like a 4/5 and staff was 3/5 the union's correct response was, how can you be such above average managers if your staff is only average? So I ask sarameg's employers, what kind of management has a D- on their staff performing up to expectations?
sarameg - Mar 26, 2014 7:21:56 pm PDT #23586 of 30000
Good talking point!