It's PDR time at one of my current clients

[MrMarkyMark]

Pontoon. At the end of a meeting do you shout 21?

Pontoon indeed and a very common situation in IB.

More than a bleedin' pain in the harris, as you can possibly imagine.

[LondonManc]

Ah. An appraisal. Why don't they just say that?

In 15 years of on/off permiedom I only ever had to do that twice.

An appraisal sounds brief and everyone knows what it is. A performance and development review is a 360 process that means you get to set SMART objectives, justify why you aren't going to achieve them and then prove that you haven't achieved them, which allows your slavemasters to keep you on the same wage.

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

A performance and development review is a 360 process that means you get to set SMART objectives and justify why you have more chance of winning the lottery than achieving them. Management will then, easily, prove that you haven't achieved them, which allows them to keep you on the same wage, for the foreseeable future.

[LondonManc]

FTFY

Can tell you've been a contractor forever; the secret to managing permies is to give them some hope, even when they're more likely to win the lottery than get a pay rise.

[PurpleGorilla]

A performance and development review is a 360 process that means you get to set SMART objectives...

[MrMarkyMark]

Can tell you've been a contractor forever; the secret to managing permies is to give them some hope, even when they're more likely to win the lottery than get a pay rise.

One of the principal things that led me into contracting, in the first place.
I guess I just lost hope

[barrydidit]

One of the principal things that led me into contracting, in the first place.
I guess I just lost hope

I never suspected you might have principles...

[MrMarkyMark]

I never suspected you might have principles...

How dare you .


Yes, one of them was making a lot more money.

principle achieved

[MrMarkyMark]

The best thing about contracting is you can behave like a true director.
Even if your performance has been totally carp, you can award yourself a nice healthy bonus

[SimonMac]

The best thing about contracting is you can behave like a true director.
Even if your performance has been totally carp, you can award yourself a nice healthy bonus

You have to incentives the work force!