tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post3510498453854153901..comments2024-03-29T03:47:13.852+00:00Comments on Going Gently: The Bus Stop RuleJohn Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-17772360655810384242016-06-28T14:21:24.815+00:002016-06-28T14:21:24.815+00:00I was always of the opinion that if a supervisor c...I was always of the opinion that if a supervisor can evaluate and criticize our performance. we should be able to criticize theirs. They are hardly perfect either. Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317992740650387671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-21365217832181456072016-06-28T13:04:20.595+00:002016-06-28T13:04:20.595+00:00Jennifer: Good luck finding something better. I ...Jennifer: Good luck finding something better. I was laid off from the job where I had the "people talk about you" review after almost 30 years. Oh, so was the manager who gave me that review. My job was sent to Hong Kong, so they said, and they didn't need people to do planning and purchasing in the US any longer. Then, after I was gone, they re-hired someone who had quit to do.....you guessed it...planning and purchasing. Hmmmmmmmm <br />I think it's a twofold problem...the calibre (experience and training) of people hired to supervise and the mind set of US business in what I call a Walmart World. Don't tell what I should have done to avoid this immediate crisis situation, don't try to help me learn to be smarter or better next time, just solve my problem which is now your problem and give me a lower price next time or I'll buy it somewhere else. Walmart has done than lower prices, it's also lowered the bar for personal responsibility and accountability and something of which there is very little anymore, loyalty and sincere appreciation. I'm so glad I'm on the way out. I'm also sad that younger people won't know what it was like when business was more than drudgery, it was fun. carlnepahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840845700615739547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-28340002628877580712016-06-28T10:48:40.866+00:002016-06-28T10:48:40.866+00:00I used to have to do an annual PDR for my Assistan...I used to have to do an annual PDR for my Assistant Manager, we were a team of two paid staff running fifty volunteers. Each time she would, make me a coffee, break open a packet of shortbread biscuits and ask if there was anything elses I 'needed' before we began. She always got a good review and easy aims for the coming year ;-)<br /><br />On the other hand my PDR done by my Area Manager, because I was a brilliant shop manager and she knew it, always gave me THE most weird and obscure things to try and aim for before my next one. And yes coffee and shortbread was consumed AND the world put to rights while we went through everything.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-10723565110747810492016-06-28T06:51:01.616+00:002016-06-28T06:51:01.616+00:00Luckily I only have a small team that I have to do...Luckily I only have a small team that I have to do appraisals for - it's not the most pleasant task in the world - but one of those is always a bit tricky and I have to brace myself to face it.<br />It's difficult when someone is so jaded with life, sees no value in the discussion, and suffers from a degree of paranoia because you spend the whole time feeling like you're trying to dance on egg shells.<br />I usually need a stiff drink after I've had to deal with that one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-38615892862335332892016-06-28T06:20:54.561+00:002016-06-28T06:20:54.561+00:00NO... the lass let the old lady sit down!
Notice t...NO... the lass let the old lady sit down!<br />Notice that the two men are into their own little worlds.... lonely is cuddling his backpack... and academic is deep into his own brain....Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-71440472630161109342016-06-28T05:26:30.572+00:002016-06-28T05:26:30.572+00:00Bus Stop please share my umbrella. The Hollies. Si...Bus Stop please share my umbrella. The Hollies. Singing in my head for two days nowRachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-54665984156611147022016-06-28T03:51:10.446+00:002016-06-28T03:51:10.446+00:00My boss has one employee. Every year he asks if th...My boss has one employee. Every year he asks if there's anything I want to talk about, then he says he's pretty sure that we always talk when there's something to talk about (we do) and then he tells me what my new rate is and that's it. I feel very lucky.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-65211409716420976422016-06-28T01:23:15.465+00:002016-06-28T01:23:15.465+00:00John
I was taken off the performance review board ...John<br />I was taken off the performance review board some years ago, having now retired from university academia some years ago, but I do recall the reason during the last years, when I was chair, they didn't care for it when I gave the RN's higher scores than the residents. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038376492887695725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-3020639308436180502016-06-28T01:03:11.103+00:002016-06-28T01:03:11.103+00:00Lol brilliant ;)Lol brilliant ;)Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-89840693563875515122016-06-27T23:53:42.114+00:002016-06-27T23:53:42.114+00:00Clever woman. How long have you been driving the ...Clever woman. How long have you been driving the bus?Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-28594976998204974812016-06-27T23:23:02.443+00:002016-06-27T23:23:02.443+00:00Reading this makes me even gladder that I jumped o...Reading this makes me even gladder that I jumped off the corporate hamster wheel of pointlessness. I had fab staff and always loved doing theirs, but increasingly terrible managers. The last one told me to stop baking as it was bad for my brand, that I needed to create a credible brand and stick to it. afterwards I had coffee with a darling friend who grabbed a paper serviette and declared that on it we would create my future. We did, and I am living it. It does not involve PDRs, but it does involve baking, and ironically, branding. But not quite as that manager meant it...MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-12512216979694104632016-06-27T22:52:29.223+00:002016-06-27T22:52:29.223+00:00One manager made us write our own reviews. The sec...One manager made us write our own reviews. The second year I figured out he never read them so I copied the previous one for the next 3 years. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15191720974656829245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-81067805372571432132016-06-27T21:48:38.553+00:002016-06-27T21:48:38.553+00:00Sigh. I like your bus-stop analogy.Sigh. I like your bus-stop analogy.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-86676991120889874482016-06-27T21:17:36.434+00:002016-06-27T21:17:36.434+00:00Respect Col !. Must have felt fab,.Respect Col !. Must have felt fab,.Kirriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03022740555969646104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-39250190723312354942016-06-27T21:08:32.383+00:002016-06-27T21:08:32.383+00:00Excellent Col!😄Guess it gets to the stage when as...Excellent Col!😄Guess it gets to the stage when as John <br /><br />says Don,t give a flying fuck.<br />But I need to behave, have 3 years 6 months until I can retire from NHS at 55.<br />Gets harder day by day. <br />Full time shifts 12.5 hrs nights to days are inhuman.<br />But I have a plan!.🌴🍉✈️⛱😀Kirriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03022740555969646104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-85694060377921235352016-06-27T21:01:57.350+00:002016-06-27T21:01:57.350+00:00At my last job we were asked to write our own revi...At my last job we were asked to write our own reviews. Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-52280746598746313062016-06-27T20:59:00.411+00:002016-06-27T20:59:00.411+00:00I told a staff member i want a star chart.
When i...I told a staff member i want a star chart. <br />When i did something good i got a star on a chart! <br />More stars bigger giftJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-29144572642111865492016-06-27T20:57:32.730+00:002016-06-27T20:57:32.730+00:00Way to go girlsWay to go girlsJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-22591762306264845282016-06-27T20:56:47.159+00:002016-06-27T20:56:47.159+00:00It was the funniest i ever saw herIt was the funniest i ever saw herJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-21760923528977811192016-06-27T20:55:49.470+00:002016-06-27T20:55:49.470+00:00Ive been called worse believe me! Ive been called worse believe me! John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-26309599291122227322016-06-27T20:54:46.947+00:002016-06-27T20:54:46.947+00:00Poor reviewer! How unprofessional.......
The trick...Poor reviewer! How unprofessional.......<br />The trick of a good PDR is to sell negatives without them knowingJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-74875511859463894762016-06-27T20:52:20.052+00:002016-06-27T20:52:20.052+00:00I still think...whats the worst they can do?I still think...whats the worst they can do?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-63248655772216699982016-06-27T20:51:16.674+00:002016-06-27T20:51:16.674+00:00We nurses havent had a pay rise in a couple of yea...We nurses havent had a pay rise in a couple of yearsJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-34610856478284239832016-06-27T20:50:18.473+00:002016-06-27T20:50:18.473+00:00Lol........the best PDR i ever did started with th...Lol........the best PDR i ever did started with the member of staff presenting me with a pork pie ( the forerunner of the scotch egg)John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-87711160368252194622016-06-27T20:49:57.277+00:002016-06-27T20:49:57.277+00:00I hate, HATE performance reviews. After 16 years i...I hate, HATE performance reviews. After 16 years in the same department, I have found that people say the same things regardless of how you performed. For years I had one manager say something patently untrue and hurtful. A few years ago my manager told him that he'd be expected to provide specific situations to uphold his view in future reviews. He hasn't said it since. <br /><br />The whole process is just so subjective. There is no way to make it objective, no matter how much HR tries. It reminds me of when we were kids and we were voting to bestow the Good Citizen Award and Class Leadership award in elementary school. It always went to the popular kid. Nobody ever put a real thought into it.Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.com