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Subject:Re: A question about evaluations From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Brian Gordon <elasticsoul2003 -at- yahoo -dot- ca>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:55:27 -0700 (PDT)
> In addition, as a contractor, I didn't have an evaluation for
> years. I suppose it was considered unnecessary, as if I was good
> enough, they'd keep me on, and if not....
I had one every three months because I asked for them. No big fanfare
or warning where it could get postponed. Just at the end of a meeting
I may have on a project, I would throw out the question:
"So, boss...how am I doing?"
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
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