Appraisal

Mid-year appraisal decides ur faith for the coming next 6 months and may be for the next year also. How much raise u r going to get and whether u will get a promotion or not?In all by this appraisal only u come to know where the hell are u standing in this competitive world?Why am i writing this b'coz i had my appraisal meeting today:(.

Why was this appraisal special...out of the 6 months from nov 07 to apr 08,i was on leave for more than 2 months(70 days to me more precise,spent some good time back home in surat),almost 2 months i was on bench because i just came from a so called vacation and was still recupearting from accident.So it leaves me with just 2 months of actual project period.In this also i was billable for just more than 2o days,the rest i was a buffer in three projects developing an internal tool and attending sessions to have a know-how of all the three projects.

So when i was called to have a tete-a-tete with my PM regarding my appraisal,i said her"there is nothing to evaluate!".She gave me a big smile...Now the official meeting started,she went through my ppt,and then started what she came for 'to appraise' me lol:)...i just sat there and listened to what all she had to say about my performance in this appraisal period...i won't go into details of that..just that out of the three appraisals i had till now this was the worst....and hope it will be forever...this year had shown me many downs and unexpected twists and turns...the start of the year was bad and the bad phase is still continuing..hope so it doesn't continue for the whole year...

Somebody wish me good luck:)..i am in desperate need of that..