think I'm in deep trouble...help pls

ravi chandu thotakura Sr.SW Engineer| Alliance global services Bangalore, Karnataka, India

hello experienced and prefossionals,
I really dont know whether I can post this here or not, but couldnt help it.

This is my situation at job...
I come at 11:30 AM where as I should be here by 9:00 AM and I leave exactly at 6 PM as expected by the employer. So I'm not spending the needed 8hrs at work. It wasnt like this. I used to reach office at 8AM and leave at 12 or 1 in the night before my appraisal. There was a misunderstanding because of the inexperience of my Manager(at least this is what I think is the cause) he didnt give me a good grade. Itz a long story. I worked in couple of teams during that appraisal period. Letz assume A & B. I started in A and worked for a couple of months and then moved to B there worked for couple of months then came back to A and there worked for 2 months. So it was a 6 months period. I had enough work to show in my timesheets in the first 2 months. So I got good grades. Then I got the highest grades and appriciation e-mails and direct compliments from client during telecons when I was in project B. So in my appraisal forms for those 2 months B prj's mgr gave good notes like "can be groomed for long term stay and expect miracles from him". Then came back 2 prj A n here there wasnt much work the prj was almost done. So didnt get much to work on and so didnt get much to show in timesheet. So got average grades. But still I didnt complain. But while taking the final avg grade I was given the least grade. Then I raised the issue and I was shocked by the openion of mgr in pfj A. He said B's mgr doesnt know the technical details of the programing language that I worked on. So he couldnt judge better and his comments sounded like I bluffed the PM. Then I gave them the proofes by showing the appreciation mails from client and mentioned the conversations during telecons.

Finally when the matter went to HR...he and as well as I were shocked by the fact that A's PM at the time of assessing my work didnt even bother to consider the openion of B's mgr as he felt that I would be long term association with prj A itself so didnt felt the need to consider my work on prj B.
My HR convinced me that I would be considered for a promotion in the next appraisal. And this month will be that period-the 6months appriasl. But form the last 4 months I didnt have any work. My prj went into maintenance phase and I had fix a lil bit CRs. But not enough work to get good grades.

It is clear that there is no work on the prj. But the work I'm listening frm my PM is...y dont you be more "proactive". But when there is no work to do...what does he mean by being proactive to take up new assignments???

Now how can I convince my PM and my HR that I'm eligible for a good final grade.

Thanks in advance,
Ravi.

Posted: Sep 15, 2006 2:56 AM

Mark Price Perry Business Driven PMO Evangelist| BOT International Orlando, Fl, United States

Dear Ravi,

Absolutely, communicate and make your case to your manager and HR, but also listen to and learn from what they have to say - rather than trying to convince them to change their minds. There are so many things that you can "proactively" do during project down time - helping others, skills improvement, management assisgnments, etc. And, there is nothing wrong with asking your manager for ideas and work. So, make sure you come to work on time, perform your assigned duties to the best of your abilities, seek out additional ways to contribute, and periodically communicate with your manager about your performance and potential assessment or grade so that come review time, you are assessed accurately and fairly. There really should be no surprises to either party during a perfromance review. Chalk it up to experience, learn by it, and let it pass.

Mark Perry

VP of Customer Care

BOT International

Posted: Sep 16, 2006 10:21 AM

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