The Retirement Thread

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Johnny Blaze
Johnny Blaze
Aug 2022
2:49pm, 15 Aug 2022
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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
bigleggy
Aug 2022
3:22pm, 15 Aug 2022
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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
EvilPixie
Aug 2022
3:25pm, 15 Aug 2022
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EvilPixie
Excellent timing!
Hanneke
Hanneke
Aug 2022
3:31pm, 15 Aug 2022
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Hanneke
Nice one BL!
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Aug 2022
3:32pm, 15 Aug 2022
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Lip Gloss
Way to go :-)
geordiegirl
geordiegirl
Aug 2022
3:41pm, 15 Aug 2022
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geordiegirl
What a result bigleggy!
Diogenes
Diogenes
Aug 2022
3:46pm, 15 Aug 2022
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Diogenes
that's what I call a result
Johnny Blaze
Johnny Blaze
Aug 2022
3:48pm, 15 Aug 2022
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Johnny Blaze
I never had the brass neck to ask for voluntary redundancy. I suppose I should have done. You never know.
cathrobinson
cathrobinson
Aug 2022
4:12pm, 15 Aug 2022
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cathrobinson
What a brilliant story. And in doing so, you also saved someone else their job :-)
Fields
Fields
Aug 2022
4:35pm, 15 Aug 2022
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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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