I have my mid-year review today and it has been a rather anxiety-ridden week getting ready for it. I was feeling really confident until the Big-She-Chief invited herself to sit in on a handful of our meetings. The others she selected have been in hot water for some reason or another- being stubborn, not getting data out to customers, etc- and so I'm freaking out: "What did *I* do wrong???"
My immediate supervisor has let slip on several occasions that she has no idea what my projects are (a deficiency in her management skills if I dare say) and therefore it is safe to assume that her supervisor, the Big-She-Chief, has no idea either. So now I'm tasked with drawing up a list of all of my accomplishments, training, meetings attended, data produced, etc- just to prove I'm doing something worthwhile. And I still might be in trouble for something I don't know about. (One of the other selectees has heard that she was "unfriendly" to one of Big-She-Chief's pets and will be spoken-to about her workplace attitude.)
I really hate working fer women.
I have my mid-year review today and it has been a rather anxiety-ridden week getting ready for it. I was feeling really confident until the Big-She-Chief invited herself to sit in on a handful of our meetings. The others she selected have been in hot water for some reason or another- being stubborn, not getting data out to customers, etc- and so I'm freaking out: "What did *I* do wrong???"
Sorry to hear you're stressing! A suggestion based on my own experience: if you go into your review worrying about what you did wrong, your supervisor will pick up on your worry, which will reinforce her suspicion that you did something wrong, even if you didn't! And you know she's the type that's already looking for excuses to trip you up, so it's probably intentional (at least subconsciously) that she's trying to make you nervous going into your review. To counter this, go into your review with an attitude that you know you do a good job and you'll be surprised (but not defensive!) if they find soemthing wrong, and you're prepared to calmly point to the facts that show what a good job you've been doing. Memorize a list of talking points going in so that you can take control of the conversation--anticipate where she's going to try to trip you up and be a step ahead of her. Also know who your enemies in the office are and what they're likely to have told her, so you can counter that (without appearing to point a finger back at them, but if you can subtly do so in a way which appears you're not doing it, do so). Just some suggestions based on my experience and what's worked for me in that type of situation. Prayers going up for ya!