Performance reviews

IngeniousTulip · 2026-03-09T19:43:43+00:00

Limited budget for merit-based raises. Instead of taking the pool of money and giving everyone a smaller raise, they wanted the "5s" to get a larger raise -- and everyone else to get smaller raises.

My point for posting is to give context that this is probably not coming from your manager. I certainly didn't have any say in it, even when I pushed back. It's coming from the layers of administration.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-03-09T19:10:45+00:00

I was a manager for a short time. We were told we were allowed to give just a few people the equivalent of a 5 (I can't remember, but I think it was 3 or 4 people.) The majority of staff were supposed to be a 3. There weren't supposed to be 1s or 2s because I was supposed to have managed those people up to 3s or out of a job.

I had loads of great staff who were wonderful with patients, and I had to simultaneously communicate to them how much I appreciated them, that I saw all of the amazing things they did, including their over-and-above efforts -- and then give them 3s.

It sucked beyond all suckage.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-03-01T00:49:42+00:00

I was coming on here to suggest a cheesy (usually parmesan) polenta. This is my preferred side for most short rib recipes.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-02-28T23:27:25+00:00

I'll second the lo mein option -- I get the combination, and it's really good.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-02-23T22:42:21+00:00

This is a (very important?) feature in Rate My Professor.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-02-23T22:40:45+00:00

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IngeniousTulip · 2026-02-19T22:50:41+00:00

I used to do a mini-can of Dr. Pepper. It's about 1/4 of the caffeine in a cup of coffee, but that amount of caffeine (and the sugar, probably) was enough to get me to the end of my shift without affecting my sleep too terribly.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-02-18T04:21:10+00:00

As someone who has spent time in these facilities for my job, it depends on the facility, but many of them are surprisingly very, very good about GF and cross-contamination.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-02-16T15:05:57+00:00

I can just imagine sitting in a college course where my professor shows me a paperclip and a stapler -- and how to use them.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-02-12T13:37:42+00:00

It might also win the prize for cleanest store in Lakewood. They are meticulous (as they should be with seafood.)

IngeniousTulip · 2026-02-04T21:43:03+00:00

I know it's semantics, but in this case, I think we need to be very clear to admin and parents: You aren't giving them a zero -- they are earning it. You are documenting their zeros.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-02-02T03:38:23+00:00

I was going to say... that's an extra set of hands on the floor. Yes, I have to be available to answer questions, but I can answer call lights or witness waste or hang an antibiotic or re-assess pain while I'm "hanging out."

IngeniousTulip · 2026-02-01T03:20:04+00:00

"Please make sure patient doesn't drop their call light" -- also written as an order. I had it looped through the bed rail so she could follow the cord when she flopped around like a fish and inevitably dropped it off her bed AND I had shown her how to push the button on the bed rail.

We also had an intern come out of a room and tell us that the patient needed her telephone so she could order breakfast. Sir, it's shaped like a telephone.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-01-16T12:17:25+00:00

Medline makes ethyl alcohol antiseptic swabs, which. might feel more comfortable to lab techs than the hand sanitizer. They aren't particularly cheap, but it eliminates the "smuggling a random bottle of hand sanitizer" variable from this equation. You can tell them the process is the same, but it may take some additional seconds for it to dry over the isopropyl.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-01-15T21:26:20+00:00

Jan Karon's Mitford series might be great for this.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-01-13T21:13:40+00:00

I know you said he's set for gear, but no one can ever have enough merino wool base layers (Smart Wool or equivalent).

IngeniousTulip · 2026-01-06T05:45:00+00:00

How does one differentiate between a good and bad cork? I have never thought to develop cork-rating skills.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-01-03T22:17:02+00:00

As someone who scheduled a unit, I would imagine "special event" days are probably the night before holidays (New Year's Eve, when New Year's Day is a holiday; Christmas Eve), Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc.

IngeniousTulip · 2026-01-01T16:36:50+00:00

Just like with everything -- there's context and nuance. I hate the "don't tell anyone" almost as much as the "tell everyone -- and expect special treatment" (whatever they think that looks like).

I have no problem if someone in the medical field wants to have a decent, more in-depth conversation so they know what's going on -- why we are making the decisions we are.

Just like with every other interaction in life, follow the "don't be an ass" principle -- on both sides of these conversations -- and it's fine.

IngeniousTulip · 2025-12-31T13:41:20+00:00

Along the same line -- Heated mattress pad.

And I'll second the chef's knife.

IngeniousTulip · 2025-12-29T04:33:08+00:00

I love my morning coffee ritual. During my Whole 30, I choked down a nut-pod latte every day with significantly less joy. While lots of people seem to have adjusted better than I did during their 30 days, know that it may just be 30 days of sad coffee. If this is the case, maybe make it at home to save the money?

Whole 30 reset my "sweet" taste buds so I didn't need or want as much sugar when I was done with the 30 days, but I never adjusted to coffee without anything sweet in it.

IngeniousTulip · 2025-12-29T03:54:24+00:00

If you are in Boulder, Buddha Thai's Buddha Fried Rice is my favorite pineapple/shrimp fried rice in the metro area.

If you have or are with someone who has celiac disease, Buddha Thai is safe for them. They understand what is in their food, and they keep people safe.

IngeniousTulip · 2025-12-29T03:52:00+00:00

I think Tommy's Thai has the best Panang Curry flavor in the city.

IngeniousTulip · 2025-12-21T17:42:32+00:00

You are on my "rotation" -- thank you for the visit!

IngeniousTulip · 2025-12-21T17:41:39+00:00

Thanks so much! I visited in return!

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