11-30-2005, 06:30 PM
Dragon Wrote:Of course there's a difference, but that doesn't mean that the manager giving you your review is necessarily going to seperate the two.
You're missing the distinction here.
If you are a strong employee, and do good work, showing professionalism, positive attitude, and solid communication skills then it absolutely should not (and in my experience doesnt) matter when it comes time for review/promotion/raise....
Now if you are an anti-social interovert all the time and have the communication skills of a tree stump, never socializes with other employees (lunchtime, after work, etc) then again it doesnt matter whether you go to these company functions or not, you're going to get dinged big time on the review because of the poor image you're presenting - no matter how good that last requirements document was.
Quote:I'm not saying this is right, or good business practice, but you can't deny that it happens, so why tempt it. In a perfect world your review would be based solely on things that are only work related, but this is hardly a perfect world.
If your managers look down on you for not going to a company happy hour or picnic then there's something wrong with the way they are running their team(s). Just my opinoin on that.
Dragon Wrote:Not to mention those non-official considerations that the powers that be make. For instance assigning you to a a lead position on certain projects, reccomending you for special awards, etc. They need no justification for why they do or don't do those, that's solely based on their opinion.
And getting assigned to those projects has to do with your performance and strength of your role as an employee, not whether you went to the company picnic or not. Thats the point I was making.