for my company’s employee of the year award. I looked down the list of questions, which included several personal questions:
1. What do you do in your spare time?
2. Do you have any church or community affiliations?
3. Have you won any awards or commendations?
4. What are your personal goals?
Part of me wanted to say, “Can you please just take my name off the list?” I didn’t want to answer any of these questions. But that would be rude.
I went to meet with the VP of Marketing. Sweet woman, probably around my age, and very friendly. She interviewed several people who had been nominated. We all had this set of questions to answer, along with several work-related or company-related questions.
She asked me about my contribution to my team. I mentioned something about communication and documentation and being team-oriented.
She said..
“One thing I’ve noticed about you is that you’re always on an even keel. It doesn’t matter what’s going on.. you could be really frazzled inside, for all I know, but you never show it. You just float gracefully along.”
You can’t beat that.
I remember a couple of years ago when I never thought I would find a better job than the one I had. I laugh at that now.
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that’s awesome! congrats on being nominated! i think what the vp said says a lot about you. i don’t know many people like that, and i think that’s admirable. i know i wish i could be more like that.
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Employee of the YEAR?!!??! Woo-hoo!
That’s awesome, Lisa.
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Congratulations on being nominated. I don’t blame you for feeling as you do about the personal questions!
Frazzle is such an expressive word! Not that I ever like being frazzled, which thankfully I’m not very often. xx
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Just curious… How many people does your company employ? ;o)
Well done :o)
Yayyyyy for you….and like you say, it’s hard to imagine now the situation two years ago. Three cheers :o)))
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Hey!! that’s super exciting! Congrats on the nomintation!
Well that’s really good! I think what she said was a lovely compliment. It’s a pretty good trait too! Sadly if I’m fazed or frazzled the world will know about it! :o)
Congrats. Fingers crossed!
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So if you don’t win can you threaten to sue and say “I believe I did not win because I gave an answer to the question about church affiliations that the panel found repugnant”? 🙂
lol.
I’m so proud of you – it’s a really good thing to get this kind of validation for your efforts, well done!
Thanks everyone! 🙂 I appreciate your thoughtful words of support. It’s not easy to look unfrazzled when you are. hehe Someday, I would like to look frazzled, just to see what that’s like. There WAS one day at home when I did throw plates, but we won’t talk about that. hehe (No one was hurt, by the way.. I threw them into the dishwasher. I blame PMS)
Fletch – More than 10, buddy! About 300 people. 🙂
Gem – So true!
Ian – That means a lot. Thanks so much.