I am a firefighter with a private engine company. At the end of each fire we are given a crew preformance evaluation by our supervisors. My partner and I have always got excellant ratings , for the past 15 years. We pride ourselves in being the best. And we take it very seriously. Especially because our credntials and qualifications are based substantually on these evals. Lately the agencys are changing the way they give the ratings. And are encouraging supervisors not to give excellants so often. Based on the explanation of some of these evaluators I have realized that we are getting satisfactory ratings recently because they are either giving lower ratings at random, or just giving satisfactorys to all, without thought or real awareness. Any way my question is , if you pride your self on doing great and then all who see begin to label you as average when you are way above that, would you still strive for excellance, or conform to be average because it seems to matters not?
2006-08-31
20:14:12
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