Lots and lots of little black circles

So, I'm in the midst of a management review process here at work.

I figure that's a good thing for a couple reasons:

1. - The time and effort wouldn't be invested in me were I scheduled to be turfed any time in the foreseeable future.  Job security, dude!

2. - I've been making sporadic comments over the past number of years, at least once to each of the bosses I've had, that one of the things I've lacked here is any useful degree of constructive criticism.  Given the industry I'm in, a pat on the back is a rare thing to be appreciated, so you're either told that you fucked up or can abide by the aphorism that No News Is Good News.

I've been getting a whole lot of No News for most of the past seven years, so figure I've been doing fairly well.

With recent changes in our management structure, a more comprehensive HR department (with accompanying policies) is one of the orders of the day.  A plethora of feedback is therefore forthcoming.

The current process that engages me is three-fold:

1. - Solicit Bosses, Peers and Subordinates to fill out an on-line questionnaire in regards to my performance as it has related to my association with each of them to date.  (DONE)  They have until the second week of March to complete.

2. - Complete about eight hours worth of at-home multiple choice forms that will be representative of my management style, career preferences, verbal aptitude, reasoning skills, interpersonal skills and I'm sure a plethora of other 'stuff'.  I've only just started this since, you know, I have so much free time at home.  (Read: between 9.30 pm and 5.00 am.)

3. - Go in to the office of the Industrial Psychologists who have been chartered to conduct this entire review process and submit myself to various multiple choice tests, both timed and untimed, that pertain to many of the topics already listed in 2. above.  I did that this morning with the intent of doing half today and half next week.  The six hours worth of exams ended up taking me only three and a half hours to complete this morning, so I don't have to go back.

As a result of much of what I've gone through so far, I fully expect to be informed that I should be a professional test-taker and to hone my HB pencil sharpening skills.  I don't think I went outside the lines even once, and I made, like, at least 500 nearly perfectly circular marks between 8.30 am and noon today.

Comments

[Linda]

That's my Wunderkind ;-) You Rawk!!!

[Linda]

Oh wait, you missed these:
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[Mark]

Wow. That's quite a process. I hope it'll gitchoo a big raise. Or at least, as you mentioned, more job security. I had to return to work tonight for about three hours of work during planned downtime, so I'm not digging my job right now. But, it's fairly secure, and I can be glad for that.

[Alvis]

Hmm...just make sure that the people conducting the review aren't named Bob and Bob.