Just the facts

Not only do I have to work this weekend, I also have to write up my 2009 accomplishments for my annual performance review. It's part of a bogus corporate game--management emphasizes how important the writeup is in determining your rating, so if you don't get the evaluation you wanted, they can put the blame back on you for not doing a good enough job describing why you were vital to MegaCorp.

In reality, of course, the ratings are already decided, and there's little chance that anything I write will change the results either way. But there's so much stress given to this process that many of my coworkers literally spend days working on their results.

My approach is somewhat simpler. My first draft was easy. "Patricia Bray demonstrated her commitment to delivering global solutions by saving the Earth from alien invasion through deployment of her extended team of invisible robot warriors. This action ensured MegaCorp's survival and was key to MegaCorp achieving its 2009 corporate goals."

I'm thinking with a little polish, I'll be good to go.

Just the facts

Not only do I have to work this weekend, I also have to write up my 2009 accomplishments for my annual performance review. It's part of a bogus corporate game--management emphasizes how important the writeup is in determining your rating, so if you don't get the evaluation you wanted, they can put the blame back on you for not doing a good enough job describing why you were vital to MegaCorp.

In reality, of course, the ratings are already decided, and there's little chance that anything I write will change the results either way. But there's so much stress given to this process that many of my coworkers literally spend days working on their results.

My approach is somewhat simpler. My first draft was easy. "Patricia Bray demonstrated her commitment to delivering global solutions by saving the Earth from alien invasion through deployment of her extended team of invisible robot warriors. This action ensured MegaCorp's survival and was key to MegaCorp achieving its 2009 corporate goals."

I'm thinking with a little polish, I'll be good to go.