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Performance is not necessarily a death sentence. I've had jobs where I've performed poorly and jobs where I've performed excellently. I've also had years I was
by lectrick 12y ago
Performance is not necessarily a death sentence.
I've had jobs where I've performed poorly and jobs where I've performed excellently. I've also had years I was "on" and years I was a little "off."
Businesses are not charities. They need to get things done. If you can't do the things, then they don't have to continue to pay you. Like it or not, that's how it works.
- UK-AL 12y agoThat's because performance is easily gamed. A manager could make someones performance look bad, or good regardless of reality. That's why you can suddenly be a good performer or bad performer just by changing companies. It doesn't even have to be a conscious thing. Everybody is subconsciously biased. If you like don't like someone, you performance managament them out by like giving them lots of terrible tasks or stupidly high targets. This is a well known technique, recommend by most HR people. Anyone who's been work for a decent amount of time, knows this. Workplaces can be more like high school playground the with popular kids and the outcasts, then a merit based thing.
- lectrick 12y agoIn my first job out of college, 2 years in or so, the amount of web work was slumping (it was the first web bust). My boss and lead developer all went on vacation the same week and my boss gave me a fairly impossible job to do without the both of them helping out in some fashion. I was not successful. So I'm quite familiar with the technique. Basically, if you get the vibe that you're not well-liked, you should just leave or figure out how to.