February is here

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.

Shocking, I know. It’s also annual review day at work, which so far has been A Journey.

Me, last January: ‘So, what are the goals for 2018?’

Boss: ‘We should meet and talk about that.’

Me, last March: ‘So, are we going to schedule that meeting to talk about the goals for 2018?’

Boss: ‘My boss says it’s not really that important, but if you insist.’ [We had a meeting. I laid out my ideas, boss was ambivalent. Nothing was decided.]

Me, last July (mid-year review season): ‘So, are we doing mid-year reviews?’

Boss: ‘If you want to. We’ll talk about it next week.’

Me, well aware that no goals were ever set: ‘Yes, lets.’ [Made up my own goals, reported my progress towards them. As expected, we never met about it. I reported on the same goals for my annual review, still with zero feedback from my boss, so today’s meeting — if it does, indeed, happen — should be interesting.]

AND THEN! Unexpectedly, yesterday, my boss: ‘Let’s set up a meeting to talk about 2019 goals.’

Me: ‘Okay?’

Boss: ‘We really all need to be supporting each other.’

Is this reality?  Is this happening, right now, in my real life?  Is this a joke? Am I being punked?  

Sometimes I am not convinced that my boss exists in the same universe that I do.