Meeting to discuss my future ...

mathie

:eek:
I've a meeting today with some managers to discuss

'career development ambitions'

and

'what you think of the company and how we might improve things, both for you personally and in general.'

Everyones being called in for 45 minutes.

Any ideas?
I've only been here 4 1/2 months
M

DonkeyStyle \o/

You could always ask other people who've already been to this meeting to tell you what kind of questions were asked and how they handled it... just so you can prepare some kind of oppinion on matters one way or the other and they'll be less likely to catch you off guard with some questions.
I'd say it's probably a good opportunity to get noticed in the company, depending on how you play your cards and what kind of work it is.

I'd be tempted to say "No sir, no suggestions here... I think everything is just perfect the way it is, the management is superb and I dearly love working here."... just to see the look on their faces and to see if I could build a reputation of being a brown-nose... but don't listen to me.

AARRRGH

Hey,

Don't be fooled into thinking they want you to be honest.

- don't criticise anything
- don't criticise anyone
- tell them you love it there
- tell them you love your job
- tell them you want to continue with the company to keep it successful and a great place to work

I once had one of these meetings with management. The company I worked for had a lot of problems. I told them, trying to be helpful, and they were like, "This is great, thank you."

The following day they made my life hell. Obviously they had gone home, thought about what I said, and taken it personally.

Don't say anything negative. It's not worth the risk.

gulp

yeah find out the questions that others were asked and tell them exactly what they want to hear.i personally would tell them what i thought.you dont get promoted etc for being like everyone else in the place

AARRRGH

gulp wrote:

yeah find out the questions that others were asked and tell them exactly what they want to hear.i personally would tell them what i thought.you dont get promoted etc for being like everyone else in the place

you defo don't get promoted for criticising or telling them what you think. getting promoted is political...

WhiteWashMan

tell them the things that annoy you personally.
tell them the things that you like personally

tell them what processes annoy you, and think how you might either make them quicker, or more easy.
tell them how anything can be enhanced, and always try to have a solution for the things you think can be done much better.

no one will come down on your being critical if you have an idea or a solution that may work.
people will not be impressed however if you just say everything is crap and leave it at that...

seamus

WhiteWashMan wrote:

no one will come down on your being critical if you have an idea or a solution that may work.
people will not be impressed however if you just say everything is crap and leave it at that...

Why do I bother posting, I just end up echoing everything you've said.

Feel free to be critical, but constructively critical. Equally, tell them what's good, and tell them any ideas you have to build on the things that are good.

Particularly that you're not there that long, you'll have a little more leeway since you're still possibly looking at things as an outsider would.

The first thing we say to newbies is to tell us if they think there's anything we could do better. When you're in a job for a while, you can become so used to doing something one way that you find it hard to think of ways to improve those procedures.

WhiteWashMan

seamus wrote:

Why do I bother posting, I just end up echoing everything you've said. .

i could lie, but in truth, its because fools seldom differ