Getting a bad evaluation from Internship #3 would have hurt a lot more if Internship #1 didn't write that I "exceed standards" on every category. Vin wrote that I was a diligent worker, very bright, and dependable. It's nice to know other people think you're dependable. Just to think about how often I depend on people who can't pull through and then to be told my bosses feel they can rely on me is great!
Like everything, I learned a big lesson when Vin handed me my evaluation. I quickly glanced at it and thought he had given me the lowest marks on the four point scale. I was kind of shocked he would do that and looked again. I then realized I was reading the scale backwards. Afterwards he asked me if he had filled out the evaluation and I told him he did and added that I thought he gave me all 1's until I looked at it again. He laughed and said, "I should have done that, that would have been funny." I chuckled and told him that no, that would not have been funny. Then it was quiet for a moment and he asked me, "What would you have done though? If I had given you all 1's, would you have even said anything?" I thought for a minute and said, "I don't know, I guess I would but I mean, if that was how you really felt what am I supposed to say? Try and talk you out of it?"
He turned around in his chair to face me and told me that I should always stick up for my work. He said that if I knew I didn't do a horrible job but got poor markings, that I should speak up for myself and work the problem out. I laughed it off but then his tone changed and he said, "No, seriously...you should always, always, stick up for yourself."
And it was just that conversation that gave me the courage to e-mail my bosses at Internship #3 and ask, "Wtf?"
Labels: evaluation, intern, internship one, work, work ethic
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