my review arrived with glowing paragraphs about campaigns i'd never worked on and leadership initiatives i'd never heard of. i thought someone had sent me another employee's document
my manager admitted he'd fed the assistant a list of generic responsibilities and asked for a balanced performance review. the tool had filled in the gaps with imaginary achievements
i asked him to rewrite it based on actual deliverables and include the areas where i needed support. he sighed as though accuracy were an unreasonable administrative burden
the revised review was shorter and more useful. i kept the original because apparently i once revolutionized supply chains in a company that sells stationery