Here at ye olde workplace, we get evaluated on our competency every year. We have a mid-year review too, to make sure that we’re working toward the goals that were set. And to be honest, I do feel that my supervisor wants me to succeed and that goals are set so that they are the right combination of achievable and challenging, with the hope that I score well on the evaluation.

But this time around I’m kind of nervous about my evaluation, which is just over 24 hours away. It’s not my first (I’ve been here for over two years) but for some reason I was overwhelmed from the start by the goals that were set. I felt there were too many, and that I didn’t have what I needed to accomplish them all. A year ago I saw that as the challenge part of the goal so I didn’t say much but now, as I’m getting ready to do a pre-evaluation of my work, I suddenly feel like I didn’t do anything at all in the past year.

I don’t think this will be my best evaluation but I hope it doesn’t lead to me feeling like crap because I was really hoping to delay that feeling until Thursday.

Update: It actually went ok. I felt like I was understood and my concerns considered so that’s good.

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