For decades I enjoyed my job and was ranked well. Then they flipped a switch when I hit my mid 40s and started dropping my ranking. Now I dread work and am looking for a new job. I can’t sleep any more and it is really impacting my health. I don’t think they realize what it does to someone when you tell them they are a low performer and then can’t give any real reason. People are wired to recognize when they are not being treated fairly.
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@gz Thanks its a coping mechanism.
@ge. You have a calling. Keep them coming!
Sunday night comes,
the weekend is through.
Outlook starts whispering,
“I’ve been waiting for you.”
Monday arrives,
with meetings at eight.
“Just circling back…”
Oh good. I can’t wait.
I once loved my job,
I swear that it’s true.
Now Sunday at six
I start feeling Monday at two.
So here’s to the weekend,
gone much too soon
five days till Friday.
See you there around noon.
OP, agree. I would rather be told I’m appreciated and do good work, but the company just doesn’t intend to pay me more. Why does the company feel like it needs to tie the employee’s self worth into their cost cutting decisions?
My Sunday nights were spent on the phone with Asia.
I 'retired' last week. You know what I didn't experience Sunday night, the blues you speak of. I am glad to have escaped with my professional dignity, sanity & health. I know working at XOM in the USA is going to become ever more miserable in the years to come. For those who stay, good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor.
It’s almost like they are trying to drive away their most experienced employees.
The real issue is that mature employees see right through the lies. They are the ones who call BS to the latest bad ideas and our managers have fragile egos.
Best of luck on your new phase of life.
Yes, that sounds very familiar. For ~20 years until I was in my 40's, I was ranked very well and saw progression opportunities. Hit a wall in my 40's where no matter what I did, the ranking assessment didn't match what I was doing. I left the company and am much happier now.
A Supervisor not understanding enough to hold a conversation should get NSI, not the employee conversing fluently about the details of the work.
Completely backwards. EM has lost the plot.
Same happened to me. My most significant flaw is talking too technical to my Supervisor and Manager that actually do not understand what we do.
Absolutely amazing that talking about our work to our Supervisor that does not understand our work is judged by EM as a flaw on my part and NOT seen by EM as a flaw on my Supervisor and Manager for not understanding enough to hold a conversation.