My manager just told me I got a 3/5 on my eval yet again because in the past six months
- I did everything that was asked of me and
- I did a lot of things that weren't asked of me and
- I didn't catch anything on fire and
- I put out someone else's fire and
- I prevented several fires from ever being started in the first place,
but that's not good enough. The person who started the fire that I put out is getting promoted because they showed initiative in starting the fire. I didn't show enough initiative putting it out for them or preventing fires on multiple other projects. Apparently creating two of my own projects that never caught on fire also didn't demonstrate enough initiative. From now on I'm applying for one new job per day on company time.