My Manifesto: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman

It's been a bitter-sweet week. My boss gave me my employee review and pretty much said the following:

1. I'm fast;
2. I'm efficient;
3. I'm profitable;
3. I've not learnt a single thing in a year (due mainly to him not training me); and
4. He doesn't trust my abilities as a structural engineer and believes I need to check my work better

I'm more than willing to accept criticism, however, the specific issues he brought up were not my fault at all, and in can be said, that it was not me who was wrong, but the checker - but not wanting to start an argument with said checker that would end my current employment, I just sat there and took it.

The ironic thing is that my boss contracts me out doing civil engineering design, civil engineering management, quality assurance - all of which involve - yeah you guessed it - CHECKING!

OF said he felt that I am very good at what I do and the others feel threatened. I hope for my sake he was being serious, rather than fatherly, when he said it.

The sweet part of the week has been going to the gym tonight to a punching class and seeing my friend, well, when I say my friend I really mean the girl I ogle at the gym bouncing around nicely......aaaaaawww...she's so nice- I guess one of these days I may even summon up enough courage to actually talk to her.