I've had a discussion at work recently about the 'etiquette' of communicating remotely. To my surprise, some people were unclear about the proper way of communicating; meaning when it is appropriate to call someone, or send an instant message, or type it up in an email. I was surprised because I sort of stumbled into a team that was al...

At work, I've dubbed my yearly performance review the 'yearly disappointment.' It's the time when my supervisor and I look back at the past year and review how much of my goals have been met. The supervisor then gives me a score between 1 and 10. Based on the score I get a higher or lower raise. Now, this year I got the highest possibl...