When manager cracks a joke but you have upcoming appraisal meeting

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Hello all, I have been working as a frontend developer on a contract basis in one of the #maang, my toatal experience is 2 years and my appraisal is due this week, I have been working on some really good projects handling all at once and working from scratch in one of the projects, I want that my increment to be very nice, as my current package is very low. I need some tips for the negotiations........provide some good tips for that.

Had my appraisal meeting with the manager today and the feedback I received don't put me in a good light. The manager wants me to be more proactive and ask for more work. In the last 2 years more than half of my team has quit for whatever reasons and even with the increased workload that I completed on time, I have received a rating of "partially achieved". What's even weirder is that the rating was given before the appraisal meeting even started. The manager had made up their mind. I see the market and feel grateful for a relatively safe job and a relatively fine package but this event makes me feel under-appreciated at work. My team lead still treat me like a fresher even though I have 2+ yoe and assigns high priority tickets to other team members. Given the fewer complex tasks in my bucket, the manager feels I'm not up to the task which is far from truth. I want to make a switch and move on to better opportunities before long but I am worried whether this merit report will sour my chances when the HR asks for them during interviews / onboarding. Have you had similar experiences? What did you do? Also, am I wrong in being worried about the appraisal report affecting my chances at new companies? TL;DR: Does a rating of "partially achieved" impact chances when applying to new jobs?

My manager dropped my new iphone 15 pro 😔 He asked he’d pay for it but it’ll take 26,990 for repair. How this’ll change me relationship with him 😔

With appraisal conversations round the corner, wanted to know the most absurb feedback you’ve received from your manager?

Recently, a friend joined a bank. He was late to office a few times. To “teach him a lesson”, manager “changed his desk”. When he asked the reason for this, manager said “this is your punishment for coming late to the office”. I mean, is this school-level micromanagement rampant in your org as well?

If you need to do; first understand the relationship between them & then take the risk. Because your manager poor/toxic/no promo response might be reflection of your skip actual intention. Speaking from my experience. :)