Today didn’t start well, had some fairly terrible bits in the middle but incredibly had a moment of pure beauty just before I headed home from work
I had my work appraisal – usually something I look forward to about as much as a root canal (feedback usually is that I’m not aggressive enough and I need to speak louder…)
And to be honest I didn’t go into the ‘chat’ thinking it would be anything other than a way to make a bad day worse
Wrong again Muddling!
Incredibly Bossman had asked the 3 external people I have worked with since the start of the year for feedback (eeeeeeep!) and the comments were incredibly positive – collectively they rated me 9.9 out of 10, they said I was intelligent, articulate, excellent and bunch of other lovely stuff
The only negatives were I need to speak louder on conference calls and I probably should try to hide getting grumpy when people are being numpties. Given people have been suggesting that since I put in my UCAS form I think I’m just going to have to accept that I don’t suffer fools gladly and move on – sorry put that on my list of development areas for next years. Ahem
He said I’d done a good job, he asked for more detail on the other stuff I’ve done that isn’t client related that I was fairly certain he hadn’t bothered to recognise and best of all…
…wait for it…
He admitted that despite having taken on the flexible contract, the contract he was still convinced in March wouldn’t work out, that the quality of my work and my client service hasn’t been anything other than good
Ha!
Double ha!
I have shown them that it is possible to do this job on a flexible contract, I have shown that you can do less than full time and still do client facing work and that makes me INCREDIBLY proud
Another nail in the coffin for the dinosaurs who say we can’t work less than 100%, flexible working destroys client service and that having a baby suddenly changes your ability to do your job as well
Now I just need to make sure I get a copy of that email to put into my folder of things to read when the world looks bad because it seems that I need to stop doubting myself and remember that I can do this and I can do it well
At the risk of getting all American on you; yay- you go girl!
X
*imagines Oprah style cheerleaders following me around the office*
Woo hoo go you. Well done. It is so hard to get recognition, especially when not working full time so massive well done. You are rocking it.
Thank you – is at the least a very nice confidence boost
Good to hear!! I still think we have a long way to go when it comes to flexible working. I’m on a 4 day week but my employer seems to think that means cramming a 5 day job into 4 days for 20% less pay…
To be fair this all hinges on me getting time off over the summer but soooooooooo hear you about cramming far more into 4 days than most do in 5
Well done you, BRILLIANT! x
Am a little chuffed around the edges don’t you know
Ans here was me thinking your moment of pure beauty would be when you discovered Hux was coming to BritMums!!
Big big congratulations!!! Xx
That too natch but only if you promise I get a cuddle!
Yay you! Very happy he has finally seen the light!
LCM x
Has only taken a year plus… not that I’m saying he is slow on the uptake but…
Just brilliant news!
Isn’t it – so happy!
That’s brill news – and so fab you are chipping away at those foolish perceptions that flexible working can’t work, which seems an especially big hurdle working in the city as you do.
I am so going to make this work – not just for me but to prove to everyone else you can do it