workaday Wednesday

[marcicat]

At my last performance review, my boss pointed out that I “send less swag” than my coworkers, and inquired if this was because I have a hard time “connecting” with people. (A leading question if I’ve ever heard one. I told her I just forget to put it on the document.)

But the key point is that this led to one of the most ridiculous Office Space-esque conversations I have ever had:

Me: “So, how much swag would be appropriate to send each month?”

Boss: “It’s not a set number, it’s more what you *feel* would be good.”

[Note: In this instance “swag” is stuff like free t-shirts, water bottles, etc]

[Note2: Obviously the boss is not correct, because in that case it would be clear that I just don’t *feel* like sending as much free stuff as my coworkers, and that would be that.]

However, this has led to me just picking store employees or anyone who’s address I might have and randomly sending them swag unasked for. Because who doesn’t love a surprise gift?

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Comments

[bluemeridian]

I get rather frustrated by those kind of metrics (there is a reason I work for myself *g*), but at least this one had a fairly simple solution!

[marcicat]

Yes! I actually finagled mightily to get my 'one thing the boss always brings up in reviews because they have to give you something to work on' shifted from 'be more positive' (super vague!) to 'send more swag' (totally measurable!).