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So there IS a benefit to not sleeping!

Ok so here's the scoop!

My work performance appraisal went really, really well. For starters, they are making me permanent staff! This will be confirmed on Monday by the Board of Directors ...

I am getting a raise - much better than I'd expected, but not enough to offset the financial pressures. The thing is that they are giving me a pension, but only paying 11% of it. I must pay the remaining 9% out of my current salary (And 9% is more than my raise - so you see I am losing on this). They are also giving me 7% towards medical aid - which really is nothing, given what medical aid costs. At the end of the day, I am losing hard cash, but gaining a pension, and most importantly, job security. Win some, lose some, in this agreement it seems.

The big positive is that my effort was recognised, in that my "score" for the appraisal was 88%. My after-hours sport work was given a mark of 110% (maximum mark is 150%????!). The catch is that that is now the standard they expect me to maintain. That will be tough, as I worked my arse off specifically to ensure I got what I got today - a permanent contract. The divide the % by 10 to work out my raise, subject to approval of the Board of Directors - so I am getting an 8.8% raise, which is splendid.

To top it off, I have MORE work as a reward! Lol .... They want me to write a column (my own column!) on sport and deaf empowerment in the Institute's newsletter, as well as the local newspaper. They also want me to start a Marketing Task Team to support the CEO. Finally (and this is the cool part), they are so excited about what I am doing with the sport, they have asked me to look into starting a NID Sports Academy for deaf sports development! If this transpires, I will be running the Academy!! The CEO is very supportive of my athletics ambitions for Turkey and Taipei, and wants to support me. So - he has agreed to give me some money as sponsorship. He has agreed to double that IF it is supported by other sponsorship for a bigger deaf sports development initiative (in other words, of I can encourage other organisations to invest in deaf sports development, to get the Academy off the ground, the Institute will give me twice as much for Turkey, and see what they can do to help me get to Taipei). So this is a HUGE task for me, and it's going to be very tough - but if I succeed, I may just get to Turkey at least ...

The interview was meant to be just 20 minutes, but lasted almost 90 minutes in the end ... Was bombed.

Posted by TimStones on 2008-04-11 07:15:13 | Rating: