ive been working at this company for 2 years, during that time we were bought out by a fortune 1000 company and that company was bought by an even larger one.
i do system setups for our clients who pay us a monthly fee and we host it in our facilities. my responsibility is to get all new clients up and running, as well as configure and install additional equipment for existing clients. anyway our main office is based out in florida, with a satellite office here in SF. both office have about the same amount of harware however staff in florida is much higher than it is here. staff there is about 20-25 people where as here its 4. because of this, i tend to get dragged into several issues im not supposed to be doing only because we lack people here(and there since its always busy). this causes my own work to slow down, not to mention not be as accurate as my co-worker in florida. hes got the benefit of clocking, doing his work(which he does a good job of), then leavign at the end of the day and not have to worry about all this other crap since more people work there. also has a mon-fri shift. me on the other hand not only do i get dragged into crap as i mentioned, but i also have come in AT LEAST 30 times during the early morning hours/weekends because some equipment malfunctioned. not to mention i have been wokring saturdays to cover a department IM NOT EVEN IN for over a year now. i hated it also but i did it because i wanted to help out.
also when i first started, my boss(at the time, not anymore) told me they would be giving out performance reviews in a few months and at that time i would be evaluated. i didnt care a whole lot about it since i was new. i thought i would get a review at least. found out everyone else got a review with a merit raise, except me others here since they appearantly "forgot" about ours since we are in a remote office. next year i found out they were giving no merrit increases to anyone so that was another year with nothing.
so now my review comes last week and my new boss(since the acquisition) told me im doing a really good job, blah blah blah and out of a 5 he gives me a 3. he did not even tell me what i could improve upon or how to get a better score next year since he is new and doesnt know a whole lot about me. he also said he discussed with other managers about the extra help ive put with with the other depts. they review people here based on the bell curve so im sure alot of people got 3s also but still, its a little frustrating to lump me in with a bunch of others who have had the pleasure of working normal shifts and hours and such.....if i find out my co-worker(who does the same thing as me) got a higher score im really going to flip.
i think going forward im just not going to work saturday and let the other dept figure it out. not to mention just not come in when crap goes out. what for right? it obviously doesnt help, as i know i would have recieved at least the same score anyway. sorry i know i sound like a whiner, but it doesnt sit well with me that i recieved a "3". i would rather of not recieved a number and just left it at that, but i guess everyone recieved one. any advice would be helpful.
i do system setups for our clients who pay us a monthly fee and we host it in our facilities. my responsibility is to get all new clients up and running, as well as configure and install additional equipment for existing clients. anyway our main office is based out in florida, with a satellite office here in SF. both office have about the same amount of harware however staff in florida is much higher than it is here. staff there is about 20-25 people where as here its 4. because of this, i tend to get dragged into several issues im not supposed to be doing only because we lack people here(and there since its always busy). this causes my own work to slow down, not to mention not be as accurate as my co-worker in florida. hes got the benefit of clocking, doing his work(which he does a good job of), then leavign at the end of the day and not have to worry about all this other crap since more people work there. also has a mon-fri shift. me on the other hand not only do i get dragged into crap as i mentioned, but i also have come in AT LEAST 30 times during the early morning hours/weekends because some equipment malfunctioned. not to mention i have been wokring saturdays to cover a department IM NOT EVEN IN for over a year now. i hated it also but i did it because i wanted to help out.
also when i first started, my boss(at the time, not anymore) told me they would be giving out performance reviews in a few months and at that time i would be evaluated. i didnt care a whole lot about it since i was new. i thought i would get a review at least. found out everyone else got a review with a merit raise, except me others here since they appearantly "forgot" about ours since we are in a remote office. next year i found out they were giving no merrit increases to anyone so that was another year with nothing.
so now my review comes last week and my new boss(since the acquisition) told me im doing a really good job, blah blah blah and out of a 5 he gives me a 3. he did not even tell me what i could improve upon or how to get a better score next year since he is new and doesnt know a whole lot about me. he also said he discussed with other managers about the extra help ive put with with the other depts. they review people here based on the bell curve so im sure alot of people got 3s also but still, its a little frustrating to lump me in with a bunch of others who have had the pleasure of working normal shifts and hours and such.....if i find out my co-worker(who does the same thing as me) got a higher score im really going to flip.
i think going forward im just not going to work saturday and let the other dept figure it out. not to mention just not come in when crap goes out. what for right? it obviously doesnt help, as i know i would have recieved at least the same score anyway. sorry i know i sound like a whiner, but it doesnt sit well with me that i recieved a "3". i would rather of not recieved a number and just left it at that, but i guess everyone recieved one. any advice would be helpful.
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