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Re:Why Non-engineers Think Engineers Are Better Off Joining ... by gaius on Sunday February 13, 2011 @02:38PM (#2213612)
A couple of years ago I failed every objective set by my manager in my annual appraisal. Why? Because all the projects I was on at the time didn't exist a year later...
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Re:Why Non-engineers Think Engineers Are Better Off Joining ... by maigret on Monday February 14, 2011 @07:03AM (#2216439)
Then you should have readjusted your goals together with your manager (or new manager if you switched departments), or am I missing something?
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Re:Why Non-engineers Think Engineers Are Better Off Joining ... by gaius on Monday February 14, 2011 @12:37PM (#2217666)
The point is to illustrate that even in big companies, stability is an illusion.

It was fine, actually, since my manager knew the score. The HR software we are forced to use only lets you set a person's goals once a year, and then you (the manager) confirm if they reached them or not, then it calculates their bonus. So that's fucking stupid, but he just ticked them anyway, who's to know?

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