Another addition for today, this is a very good one!

I had my yearly review today, I had taken an early lunch because of it and came back to face the music.

When I walked in, my boss was surprised that I hadnt taken anything into the meeting with me, I said that a lot of the information that was needed is stored all in my head, “no worries” she says and the review begins.

She starts off with what was said by my old manager in my 3 month review, in big black capitals it says:

“THE INTERNET IS HIS” (wtf!!)

She goes on to explain how I tend to let myself work in isolation, I am told that more delegation is needed if I am to 1) take on more work 2) stop getting stressed when things dont work. It made me chuckle and she enlightens me as to what she has witnessed since I had first joined. From there she basically says that I dont have any job roles set on paper, I should make my own, as the one’s that were first given to me in no way actually detailled what I did. I am allowed to write my own……result!

My then open’s a dossier and says, “Now we have got the crap out of the way, onto the good stuff.” She goes on to explain how I will be made a team leader of a new project, awesome. I have 2 hours to work out if a clients idea is worth using. This to me is great as it is something outside of my normal job and it is a role (consultant) that I could fill as I progress up the working ladder.

We finish with some question and answer’s and I ask if I would be allowed a rise in my pay. She asks me what I think I should be on. Looking after my interests, I say a figure and she tells me that she will up my current pay check by £4500 and upto £6000 if I manage to get some of my projects completed by a set date. A £6000 pay rise is something I could not have imagined, I have gone from being unhappy in my job to suddenly having a whole new set of angles to navigate, awesomeness in a can.