[svandamme]

also depends on the type of Boss and corporate culture

6 years at previous company
first 3 had a German soft manager... he'de come around check if we need something
I'de work really well
i got P+ reviews and no crap from him
then i got a new one... a chick... career chick managing our team and at the same time whoring around with high visibility projects...
never saw her unless it was to b1tch about something... never took care of things that needed taking care off, never listening when pointed out to impending disasters... she soon left to other higher visibility things...
got replacement chick, friend of first one.. this one was even worse...
she'de bust our balls over arriving 15 minutes late (but not for working 2 hours late in the evening)... was whoring out in corporate projects , like " employee motivation " "competency classification programs"
basically she did EVERYTHING, written in Dogberts Top Secret Management Handbook.

If you don't know DTSMH, buy it , It's funny as hell, at least if you're reading it, not if your subject to it...The company itself was (is) a text book example of bad management simply based on accounting/shareholder appeasing... The core business, and those who did it well, mattered less, and less, and less
First it was Quality !
Then they kept *****ing about everybody having to do more, (obviously because all they did was sack those who worked, and hired more managers), with slogans like "Execute!Execute!Execute

Anyway, my performance did not change, but my performance review result did
my motivation after long enough abuse did go down... i turned paranoid, pissed off and bitter, burnt out

End in the end, i didn't even care about a raise.. i was happy with my deal, happy with my work, then after the BS, happy i got out of that dump

Since i left, they did more sacking, got eastern european offices to do the work halfassed
And making statements like " we were over delivering on our service in the past, it's better now"


Frankly, all i want, is to work hard, play hard, be appreciated, not have to suck up or listen to massive loads of Bullcrap.
Got that now... for better pay, and a Bmw company car on top..i should send that last manager a thank you note
"tx for bugging me out of that place, now my company BMW is nicer then that tiny little econobox hatch of yours"