I almost cried
It is that time of year, when the half year review is nigh.
I have asked some people I work fairly closely with for some ‘360 feedback’ - namely the guy I sit opposite, one of the managers from IT (who I no longer work with since IT got restructured) and the two women who work for me. I asked them both to be totally honest, because as fairly new to the role, and to management, I’d really appreciate what they had to say (not management bullshit, I really do want to do the best job I can).
Surprisingly, the IT guy gave me some very nice feedback - he’s a typical IT bloke, who doesn’t have a whole lot of social skills, and I know there have been times when I have been on his back about things he’s said he’d do, and hasn’t.
The guy who sits opposite was okay too - although I don’t have a whole lot to do with him workwise, he does have to put up with me on a day to day basis.
And then there’s my two ‘girls’.
They assure me they both wrote them seprately, didn’t discuss what they were going to put, and only compared after they had both written it.
And apart from the structure, they have basically written the same things.
They have been so nice it’s unbelievable. One even added at the bottom “The working environment and culture of the team is friendly, free of politics and encourages support within the team. It’s a good place to work.”
I had to fight back the tears.
And when the only development issue they come up with is ‘managing time and workload to enable skill sharing witin the team, due to under-staffing’, I feel truly honoured.
And slightly big-headed of course!
And on the big bonus side, have been interviewing all week, and will Monday make an offer to one of the people from another part of the department to come and help take the workload off the rest of us by doing the more repetitive, and adhoc work we have to face, so I can concentrate on that sharing of skills!!