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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you’re just going to be defensive all the time, good feedback might stop. Your manager sounds like he is a bit conflict averse, which is bad because you want to know what he is really thinking not just what he feels willing to tell you.

Try to stop thinking of this as a legal case. You are apparently not fulfilling your managers expectations. You might be able to be confrontational enough for him to back off, but that doesn’t really change his mind, just what he is willing to say.

If I were you, I’d try to do better on the areas he’s outlined. You have obviously annoyed someone on another team. Fair or not, that reflects badly on you. The best employees find a way to work at least neutrally with everyone.

And, respectfully, it sounds like you might need a little more humility. Doing well in the workplace isn’t just about being right or being efficient. Your coworkers, your boss, and their bosses in turn all matter to your success. If they don’t like you, you will never succeed.[/quote]

Thank you for this. There are a few things that maybe i should clarify on where my frustration is coming from. During our last review, he gave me 4 items to focus/work on. I kept checking in the last few months asking : a) do you have any feedback for me? B)anything im missing that i should focus on. Answer was always: you’re doing great, im impressed with how you took the feedback from last cycle and are doing xyz so well. I dont have any feedback for you. This is where my frustration is coming from. The performance cycle shouldn’t be the first time im hearing there was a goal i missed when we never talked about that being a goal, and when i delivered on all the goals we agreed on. Im very open to feedback, tell me what im missing here or if my frustration is misplaced. For context, director level at a tech org. [/quote]

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