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I got a bad rating this year for being slow. We have about an average of 4 hours of meetings everyday. I'm not sure when they want us to get work done. I'm tired of working hard and not it not paying off. I work, but don't go too fast.

So I have been called out and punished for it.

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I'm with you on this, the additional problem with the meetings is that they are sprinkled throughout the day.

I know if I have a meeting starting in 30 minutes, I am not able to go into the deep thinking required to solve difficult problems.

If I am in a flow state, and the meeting is an 1 hour away, it tends to break that and I look up at the clock once in a while to make sure I don't miss it (which can happen in flow state!)

> We have about an average of 4 hours of meetings everyday.

That would be the entirety of my workday. You should complain about this, meetings are incredibly costly to a company and must have a limit.

We do complain, but nothing really gets done.

Probably they have meetings to discuss the problem.

They just gave you a huge sign that they want to let you go. The paperwork has already been filed, they are just waiting the legally appropriate amount of time to fire you.

Clean up your resume now and start applying for new jobs.

I thought the sign was when I got a 1.5% raise for year end today. So a 4.7% pay cut.

They say they want to retain me...

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