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Review day.
Once a year we are herded into an available conference room and "given our reviews". I have been in places where this procedure left a little to be desired and places where it left a lot to be desired. Point of example. I was working at ____Bank (you probably have one locally, think red bow tie) and 2 weeks before review time the "procedures" used for this lovely sharp stick in the eye process were changed. "It's a work in progress" "We won't just use this sharp stick to measure" "It's just a tool" well Mr Screw the Itty Bitty Worker Bees Cause I'm A Tool throws a stink bomb at me. It was awful. I cried. My direct boss claimed to have tried to "stand her ground" for me. Liar. Worse yet, two weeks later they reverted back to the old way of assessing people. Out of guilt the rest of the dept got awesome reviews* and yours truly is left bending over and saying "may I have another please".
Then we have the fill out your OWN review and answer 10,000 questions. This is a trick one, you can put a lot of time and thought into it and guess what! Yes the company gives the same 5% raise across the board (and doesn't read yours OR worse yet probably brings it to Happy Hour friday and all the manager get drunk and read it).
Finally where I have been I must say for the most part my reviews have been low stress. Of course when you are being compared to "Miss Complains a lot and plans her vacation at work and yells at her husband on her cellphone at her desk every day" you tend to shine like a brand new penny.

Happy first day of SPRING!


*Though one girl was a relative and one gave the boss a ride to work every day.