As much as I have been mentioning what today is all about, it’s even less online than it is in real conversations around the office. There’s been nothing else which has been a consistent topic over the last month at least, save perhaps considerations of the future beyond today.
Today also marks my 2 year anniversary at work, which is kinda scary in itself. Sure, actual date might be the 6th, but it’s the same week, the same first Monday of February, and that counts more for me.
But back to the topic at hand. Why the constant attention? It’s all about what it means. It’s like report day back in school – it’s a reflection of how your year went, and what you got as a result. As a ‘graduate’, the number is partially arbitrary, but today is also promotions day, which is just as relevant, if not more so. There’s talk from many of quitting if various parameters aren’t met, but that’s got to be a scary step to make.
It’s not like school, where you’ll just be graduating at the end of a fixed term. It’s not like uni, where you have to tick all the minimum requirements boxes to cash in. It’s so much more vague and undefined, just as you need someone to point the right way.
Maybe it’s just me.
So how did you go?
not badly; how about you mate?
Similar to last year – probably won’t go job hunting, but I still can’t afford a Porsche yet :D
Btw, I expected you to get promoted and get the biggest bonus out of all of us.
Unless if they gave you the “you were a graduate so we had a cap of what we can give you” spill.
yeah I got the grad-so-capped shill. got promoted, though.
I think we all knew you’ll be promoted.
So what happens to your salary when you come back over here?
bumped up, naturally :) gimmie news of anyone in sydney too mate! (email it)