Annual Review (closed)

[kircanos]

The day had started off pretty much as it normally did, Scott had woken up on time. Showered, dressed and headed to work. He had picked out a nice shirt and tie today, he normally wore just a shirt, since it was his annual review day. The last few years hadn't gone as he had wanted them to, he hadn't been promoted or gotten the raise that he thought he should have. He felt that he was a good asset to the company and worked as hard as any of the other programmers there. As he sat at his desk he adjusted his blue shirt, khaki pants, and silver tie to try and get more comfortable at his desk. He felt good about how he looked, he ran his hand through his sandy brown hair. He was about 5'10" and had put on a few pounds since his college days. He really felt like this was the year they were going to recognize all his hard work.

The companies policy was to take the employee out to a restaurant for their review. He checked his email and closed out a few applications he had open, locking his computer he stood up. He looked at his watch starting to feel the little butterflies that came along with anticipation. He walked down the hall and knocked on his bosses office “You ready” he asked poking his head inside her office.

[SalesGirlAnna]

Annabelle Morris was 30 years old, she grew up in a Upper Middle Class family. She was an only child and her parents loved her very much. She was friends with just about everyone in school and very popular. She got very good grades in school and was able to get a full scolorship to Harvard. She graduated from the busness school when she was 22 and now 8 years later she owned her own successful computer software company.

This day, she was wearing a blue blazer, a matching skirt that goes a bit past her knees, a white blouse, white stockings, 2" black Mary Jane pumps, pearl necklace and earrings. She had her long sholder length red hair pulled back in a loose bun. She was 5' 7" 110lbs. 34B.

She thought it was a good idea to have annual reviews in a resturant that way it could be done over lunch and the lunch could be used for a tax decuction. She looked up from her computer and saw Scott in the doorway, "Yep... Let's go..."

[kircanos]

Scott smiled and nodded he turned around and waited for her in the hallway. He drew himself up to his full height with a long deep breath as he tried to steady his nerves. He had never really clicked with Ms Morris, something about the way that she came off never really worked for him. Something about her attitude always seemed condescending and acted like she knew everything. He reached into his pocket and took out the keys to his jeep, he toyed with them as he waited for her.

He looked up “I'll drive” he offered showing her his keys. He didn't really wait for an acknowledgement before he turned and started to head out to the parking lot. He walked up to an older model jeep and unlocked the driver side, he got into it and reached over to unlock the passenger side.

They drove to the restaurant in mostly silence, the feeling of nervousness increased in Scott. Something about this didn't seem right, didn't seem to be going the way he was expecting it to go. Somewhere deep in him a little bit of anger started to build, he knew he worked hard and that deserved to be recognized.

[SalesGirlAnna]

Annabelle rolled her eyes as she got into the jeep. They drove in mostly silence to the restaurant. She wanted to wait until they got to the restaurant before she stared to talk. Once, they were seated and their orders were taken, Annabelle opened her briefcase and took out a folder.

"Alright, let's get started. Scott I must say you've done an adequate job this year. You've finished most of your projects on time. There were a few that were late, though..."

[kircanos]

Scott ordered his food and sat there as she pulled her papers out and started to look at them. A small weight lifted from his shoulders as hear heard her praise, 'adequate' was something that he didn't hear all of that often from Annabelle. He figured that was probably as good as he was going to get from her, and then the negative stuff. His heart sank and his stomach started to tighten up as he heard her starting to get to the bad stuff.

He looked up at her comment about being late “Well I notified you that I was going to need more time and resources on those projects to get them done in the time frame you wanted. I'll try to better plan out the project time line and give you a more comprehensive list of resources if you think that would help you better determine the mile stones and completion” he said as he leaned back in his chair. He knew software development, he knew what it would take to get things done, he pursed his lips, she didn't even have a clue.

[SalesGirlAnna]

"No," she said, "what you need to do is work in the timeframe given you. Also, you need to keep on budget. Your work area is a mess. And you need to learn how to work with others. Now, unforuantly, due to budget restraints we are not going to be able to give you a raise. And, because of your performance, we will not be able to promote you."

[kircanos]

Scott clenched his jaw as he heard her words, he knew this was going to happen. His dark brown eyes stared across the table at her. He took in a deep breath and steadied his frayed nerves, he wanted to say some choice words, the emotions were bubbling just underneath the surface. He wanted to explode and let loose his venom, but he also liked his job despite these irritations.

“Work with others” he asked questioningly “what sort of issues have there been with people working with me” he asked looking at her. He had always thought he was pretty easy to work with.

The rest of the meal passed in relative silence, the uneasiness hung thick in the air. “You ready to go” he asked as she finished up her meal.

[SalesGirlAnna]

"A few of the female employesse have told HR that they didn't care for some of your jokes and some of the pictures you have pinned to the walls of your cubical."

They finished their meal in silence and then when she asked if she was ready she said, "Yes, Let's go..." She payed the bill and started to walk out.