A Great Appraisal

I had a really good yearly appraisal today. I wasn't really too nervous b/c I know that I do a good job and get my work done and the customers are always happy - but if you get a good appraisal and exceed all of your elements, then you can get a bonus. However, the bonus pool isn't very big, so you could do really great, but others also do really great, and you end up not getting a bonus b/c of the budget. Well, for this next year I should continue to get the bonus. They already cut it in half - so my paychecks have been $250 less than they used to, but as long as I'm still getting some extra money I'm happy.