Annual Appraisal
Today’s the day. My annual Staff Appraisal with the Big Boss. I’ve filled in the forms and am ready to go. I expect it will go pretty much like this, except without the beards.
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In the Dark 
February 24, 2011 at 11:22 am
Under strengths, you’ve put physics. That’s your job though…
February 24, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Actually it went OK, apart from the fact that I missed my target for publications this year. I will try to write fewer next year to compensate.
February 25, 2011 at 10:56 am
You should have worn a false beard too, just to complete that “lecturer look”.
February 27, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Telling your boss what you consider yourself good at is reminiscent of peasants being forced to confess to reactionary thoughts in Mao’s cultural revolution, or of compulsory confession to mediaeval priests. It stinks.
February 28, 2011 at 12:00 am
To be fair – although that seems unnecessary – our appraisal scheme isn’t at all like David Brent’s. We just discuss plans for the next year and review what’s been done since the last appraisal. It’s not too onerous and I find it gives me a chance to stand back from the day-to-day stuff and think about longer term plans.
Incidentally, in case anyone is wondering, the subject of this blog did come up during my appraisal interview, and I was wholeheartedly encouraged to keep doing it.