Reply to: It's PDR time at one of my current clients

[itsmyjobtojobhop]

I could never take appraisals seriously!

Every time I here the words 'PDR', I thank my lucky stars I am a contractor, and don't have to suffer that tulip.

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.

To me they really were a waste of time!

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

Saddle myself with tulip loads of debt, for a property I will lose when the crash comes - it's my call.

[PurpleGorilla]

Shame you can't say the same about purchasing that big house

Saddle myself with tulip loads of debt - it's my call.

[MrMarkyMark]

What I love, is not needing to get permission to do things all the time. If I want to bid for a piece of work, or collaborate with another company - it's my call. If I want to get some new IT equipment, go on a training course, or buy some books - it's my call. If I want to go to a conference for a week - it's my call.

Shame you can't say the same about purchasing that big house

[PurpleGorilla]

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

What I love, is not needing to get permission to do things all the time. If I want to bid for a piece of work, or collaborate with another company - it's my call. If I want to get some new IT equipment, go on a training course, or buy some books - it's my call. If I want to go to a conference for a week - it's my call.

[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!

[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

[MrMarkyMark]

I never suspected you might have principles...

How dare you .


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

principle achieved

[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]

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

[PurpleGorilla]

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

[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.

[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]

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]

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.