Anytime your Team Lead comes up to you and asks “Would you like to walk this way…,” a sense of trepidation creeps into the back of your head.

My Team Lead just did that to me.

But, as the saying goes “Ours is not to reason why. Ours is but to do and die.” So, I got up and followed him, possibly heading to impending doom. We went into our Director’s (top guy in this office) office. Yep, that’s right: It was the last part of my Annual Review…

I sat in the proverbial hot seat, which was surprisingly cool and comfortable, and waited to see what they had to say. Hoo-boy…

Turns out that what they said was very positive. The also indicated that they had a lot of good feedback from others in the office about the job that I’ve been doing. They showed me a copy of my review form, which I haven’t seen since giving it my Team Lead in March. That made me feel good. James Brown good.

Then, they showed me the letter from the company president. It was also pretty positive… and it had a number on it. Actually, it had a couple of numbers on it. The numbers made me smile. A lot.

It’s nice to work for a company that appreciates and values its employees.

And this was, without a doubt, a good way to kick off my Friday.