A year has passed since my last evaluation, and as of today I handed in my comments on my newest eval. Due to all of the strangeness in the past year, the whole process was just odd. I mean, part of the evaluation is supposed to address what plans are in place to further develop my position. Well, sure, that’s all well and good except for the fact that there’s pretty much a drop dead date for my current position. Oops. Who knows what will happen in 2.5 months time? There have been some suggestions as to what’s possible, but nothing is concrete.
As far how the last year went, it was difficult to use the previous evaluation as a reference to see what goals I’ve achieved. Back then I was on a certain path, and truthfully there was kind of a sense of hope that was instilled into me. As I wrote last year, I was told to have a little faith that change was going to come. Indeed, change really did come, but it wasn’t in the form we’d discussed. Bit by bit, things began to unravel. It wasn’t through any fault of my own. Still, I was sort of forced to abandon whatever path I was on to take on something different.
So, I did my best to adapt and face the challenges head on and I think I’ve succeeded. The actual evaluation part went well enough as far as I’m concerned. It was done by my two previous project managers. They were able to comment on everything except for the technical aspects of my job. Usually that would be done by my team lead, except for the fact that the team no longer has one. For the past half year my colleague and I have been taking on all of the team lead responsibilities in an effort to keep the team going. Anyway, my managers did their best to evaluate my performance, but in the end I suggested dragging my colleague in to get his opinion on how I’ve done. We got him in and we just started discussing every point. When all was said and done my evaluation was quite favourable. It remains to be seen what that will translate to. Feeling good about doing a good job only goes so far. I need some sort of recognition prior to dropping dead, you know.
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