I’ve never gotten a Christmas bonus at work before, until this paycheck. I’ve never really been concerned about it, nor felt like I’m getting shorted, because a bonus is just that, a bonus, and something that shouldn’t be counted on or expected. So that’s one plus that we’re going to be getting now that we’ve been merged, and I must say that it is nice of the new management to extend that to us.
There must have been no disagreements in with the way I rated myself previously. I checked my paycheck this morning and saw that I now receive 36¢/hour more, which I suspect is the amount of increase for being in my department another year. While it doesn’t put me where I’d love to be, it does get me closer, and I’m happy for and appreciate any little increase I can get.
A little while ago I received a memo for my “annual performance review” here at work. Which is kind of funny because I’ve been here 7+ years, and this is the first time I’ve seen such an item. I consider myself lucky for that, because I don’t really like paperwork, and especially rating myself on various subjects.
A quick glance over it leaves me to believe that the most weight of it will be from my supervisor’s responses, although mine obviously will bear some weight in it.
The topics at hand are:
My friends, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of ‘I could have, I should have.’ We can sleep in a storm.
— , Have A Little Faith
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