Tani AuraFeb 11, 2023

Today I got my yearly review from work. My manager spent time reading off quotes from others. After I hopped off I was in tears.

The reviews weren’t mean. Instead they were encouraging, friendly, and inspiring. They turned a previously traumatic experience into something amazing that I will never forget.

We often don’t see how we impact people beyond our work. Sincere compliments can have a profound impact on others. Give them out when you can. Definitely give them out during year end reviews.

Show threadHazel WeaklyFeb 11, 2023

@Taniwha those complements are so important ❤️

I've never gotten any during a review, but I hope to get some someday, or be able to share things others have said to people 🥰

Show threadTani Aura
@hazelweakly I wish companies would take external reviews. I would totally say good things about everyone who has meaningfully contributed to hachyderm or aurae.
Feb 11, 2023 at 8:50pmWeb
Show threadHazel WeaklyFeb 13, 2023
@Taniwha I would too! It seems silly to not allow it or consider external work in performance/leveling assessments
Show threadTani AuraFeb 13, 2023
@hazelweakly Right! They gain all the advantages of us learning from these projects but the act of learning doesn’t directly increase… [checks notes] shareholder value!
Show threadHazel WeaklyFeb 13, 2023
@Taniwha it indirectly increases it though, but that's a level of sophisticated reasoning beyond the people who invented the concept of [checks notes] futures contracts
Show threadRicardo Rosales Zuniga(He/Him)Feb 13, 2023

@hazelweakly @Taniwha me being nosey.

I wish employers would be able to take in these external projects without making it a requirement for everybody (which I know you are not advocating for)

Show threadHazel WeaklyFeb 13, 2023
@missingcharacter @Taniwha I wouldn't advocate for it being a requirement, I just think it should be an option. Anything you think is an accurate indicator of the quality of work that you're able to do should count, imo. There is a fine line to avoid in which someone is employed somewhere and contributed nothing to the company but was exemplary elsewhere, but even in those cases often those people end up bringing value to the company anyway. Many CNCF contributors are a popular example of that
Show threadRicardo Rosales Zuniga(He/Him)Feb 13, 2023
@hazelweakly @Taniwha I think we agree here
Show threadHazel WeaklyFeb 13, 2023

@missingcharacter @Taniwha ah whoops, I read what you said backwards 😅

We do!

Show threadRicardo Rosales Zuniga(He/Him)Feb 13, 2023
@hazelweakly @Taniwha I wish managers were given the time and resources to evaluate each individual, and that managers wanted to spend the time to review each person as a whole human not just "the bottom line"... but I think this is a different topic
Show threadPär BjörklundFeb 13, 2023
@Taniwha @hazelweakly I was a consultant in a team of 5 where 3 of us were consultants and we weren't allowed to contribute to the performance review so the 2 FTEs basically had one person review them
Show threadHazel WeaklyFeb 13, 2023
@Paxxi @Taniwha wow that's terrible. I can't imagine that went well for anyone involved
Show threadPär BjörklundFeb 13, 2023
@hazelweakly @Taniwha I don't really know how it went, nobody was fired but it don't know how it affected their yearly raises
Show threadTani AuraFeb 13, 2023
@Paxxi @hazelweakly that’s rough. I hope that their manager fought for them.