Performance Review

[giza]

Got my performance review at work just now.

Phrases like, "exceeds expectations", "steadily showed improvement", and "numerous contributions" were all present. Certainly good to have.

But one comment puzzled me: "The decor in Doug's cube is appropriate for the office". I'm not sure why they mentioned that. Maybe they really liked my coffee pot? :-P

Comments

[rebelsheart]

What else is in your cubicle?

[giza.livejournal.com]

A few programming books, some tea, and a calendar with pictures of lions.

[scs-11.livejournal.com]

...and a calendar with pictures of lions.

Are they fucking?

Stop wincing, that makes perfect sense.

[giza.livejournal.com]

NO. :-P

[tailen.livejournal.com]

"The decor in Doug's cube is appropriate for the office"

Clearly there's room for improvement here! I vote for the humping lion calendar too.

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Maybe the calendar shows that you take pride in your work.

[thraxarious.livejournal.com]

Either thats a baseline they do for everyone, like a checklist "Cubicle Environment: Satisfactory" or they must intend to use you as a refrence.

[girtygrin.livejournal.com]

Despite the subject matter you administrate, I doubt they would want it all over your cube walls. There probebly happy the stuff you do have on the walls is more tasteful.

[swift-fox.livejournal.com]

Must be all those framed commissions by Taurin Fox you've got hanging about. :)

Glad to hear you got a good review.

*Hugs*

Swift Fox

[furahi.livejournal.com]

Congratulations :)

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

There's a good chance that the boss or some other management doesn't like the stuff somebody else has in their cubicle. By putting it as a comment in your, and presumably your coworkers', reviews, they can go ahead and tell whoever it is that they need to take down the porn or whatever in their cube. It's a preemptive way of being able to neutralize any complaints from the individual that they're being singled out. After all, it's in everybody's review, not just that person's.

[giza.livejournal.com]

Huh. I hadn't thought about that.

I can think of a few cubes that might qualify for that, but I won't discuss that in public. :-)

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

Straight from the horse's mouth.

[wildw0lf.livejournal.com]

LOL, nice. Well, then in that case, stick with what you have in there if they like it. If they're okay with the Lion calendar, maybe you can slowly sneak in the big cat items one by one :)

[susandeer.livejournal.com]

You're gay, they know it, and they want you to redecorate the entire office!

o/~ Faaaaaaa-bulousssss! o/~

*run!*

[pyesetz]

Congrats!  So I guess you've decided to stick around for another year?

[giza.livejournal.com]

At the very least!

[wildw0lf.livejournal.com]

Based on where and what environment you work in, would there honestly be anything that could be inappropriate for the office?

It's good you have yearly reviews. Our group is supposed to have them yearly, but oftentimes it ends up being a lot longer than a year.

I'm not really worried though. There are people in our group that work hard, and others who all that's expected of them is they actually show up at work. Others in the building take notice, and know who works, and who doesn't.

[cheetah-spotty.livejournal.com]

> The decor in Doug's cube is appropriate for the office.

You're working for a porn company, right? :)

[giza.livejournal.com]

We prefer the term "adult entertainment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_entertainment)". It's a bit more appropriate for what we sell.