Got my performance review today.
Positive feedback: literally every member of my team says I'm the best manager they have ever had. I solved multiple long-standing problems the team has been dealing with for years. Team members feel safe to share their struggles, everyone feels empowered, everyone receives valuable feedback.
Negative feedback: I am not enthusiastic enough about AI.
Overall ranking: 3/5.
Anyone hiring for a fully remote team lead?
How revealing about the world we live in, how very sad, and how tough for you personally. It happens everywhere, in higher education too. It's madnesd, but knowing that it's madness doesn't make it any less real. We all need to navigate the unavoidable compromises, as well as we can, as honestly as we can. And take pride in those aspects of our jobs where we are still allowed to practice the real thing. All those positive things your colleagues said: they are real, and they mean something, to you and to your team.
Absolutely. In my own context too, your characterisation fits 100%: "the very definition of what it means to be a [good university teacher] changes from under me, and for the worse."
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the roamer