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Johnny Blaze Aug 2022 2:49pm, 15 Aug 2022 28,158 posts	Quote Pin Johnny Blaze When I had appraisals I generally said what I thought they wanted me to say... followed by a long series of rants about how shit things were. Bit self-defeating but I felt better for it.
bigleggy Aug 2022 3:22pm, 15 Aug 2022 7,015 posts	Quote Pin bigleggy My best appraisal happened when I was waiting for a job offer. My boss has been asked for a reference by my new employer and he knew I was about to resign. So he felt safe letting me know that he was also moving on and the appraisal was pointless. He asked me for a favour and that was if he could give me the crappiest mark because he had to give it to someone apparently. I agreed as I didn't care a jot by then as long as the reference he gave wasn't jeopardised by it. He left soon after and a new boss installed almost immediately. On his first day he contacted me to discuss my poor appraisal score. Went through my options and then finally suggested 'maybe voluntary redundancy might be something to consider' If he'd waited 24 hours I would have handed in my resignation anyway. I took the 'Separation Package' they offered. £13k that cost them
EvilPixie Aug 2022 3:25pm, 15 Aug 2022 34,850 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie Excellent timing!
Hanneke Aug 2022 3:31pm, 15 Aug 2022 91,881 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Nice one BL!
Lip Gloss Aug 2022 3:32pm, 15 Aug 2022 64,174 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss Way to go
geordiegirl Aug 2022 3:41pm, 15 Aug 2022 18,569 posts	Quote Pin geordiegirl What a result bigleggy!
Diogenes Aug 2022 3:46pm, 15 Aug 2022 72,087 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes that's what I call a result
Johnny Blaze Aug 2022 3:48pm, 15 Aug 2022 28,161 posts	Quote Pin Johnny Blaze I never had the brass neck to ask for voluntary redundancy. I suppose I should have done. You never know.
cathrobinson Aug 2022 4:12pm, 15 Aug 2022 10,408 posts	Quote Pin cathrobinson What a brilliant story. And in doing so, you also saved someone else their job
Fields Aug 2022 4:35pm, 15 Aug 2022 6,072 posts	Quote Pin Fields Big Leggy - sounds like your old place used “forced ranking” - did you work for a US firm as they tended to use that

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