June 14, 1991
Dear Everyone:
Just a short note to say, sorry, no letter this
week. I've been too busy all
week, mostly sweating out the work up for my Job Performance Evaluation
and being interrupted by people.
Each year, in January, we're supposed to sit down
with our supervisor and go over what's expected of us.
Then, during the year, we're
supposed to have follow-up meetings to see if we’re still on course.
“Alma” delayed the January meeting for so long that
she finally decided (spurred on, no doubt by her manager) to combine the
Initial Planning and the mid-year Interim meeting into one.
Sort of a “Here’s what you
should have been doing all
this year and here’s how well you have/haven't been doing it so far“
encounter.
This meant a lot of preparation on my part,
summarizing all the jobs I've been doing so far this year.
It culminated this morning in a
meeting with “Alma” that dragged on for over three hours and carried
over into the lunch break. Pretty
amicable, all things considered, not much more than 2-3 pints of blood
on the floor between the two of us.
Things came out about even.
On the plus side:
I get to turn the more mundane,
time-consuming parts of Destruction Approval Tracking over to “Ken
White”. On the minus side:
I have to let him tag along with
me the next time I start work on a Retention Schedule.
I might end up spending more time working on
computers. Or, I might not.
Depends on the outcome of a meeting “Alma’s” having with the
manager later today.
This has been my week to drive the Big Blue Brute,
my vanpool. A good time to stay
off the freeways. Although
that tie-up on the Bay Bridge this morning was not my fault.
That big rig was stuck in two
lanes long before we came along.
It looks as though were going to be experiencing a
Team Building class for two days next month.
The manager’s idea.
Heaven help him.
Love, as always,
Pete
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