Probational Period Reviews

How effective is your job when your boss doesn't think you've done a good job, but you think you have tried all you can to do what you think is success?

When I first got hired, I was told what certain job responsibilities I have. After a few months into working at my job, things have changed. I had to get certified from the Department of Health Services to market our health program, and I passed the exam in February of this year. My exam was delayed...and long story with that, so I won't get into it. But before my exam, I was doing a lot of training. I did many home visits with my coworkers, went to many outreach events and I'm glad I had a lot of training. But after my exam, my boss didn't want me to do home visits and enrollment. That's not what she said when she first hired me. Just a tip for anyone out there looking for jobs...make sure your job description is what you want before you get hired, and after you get hired, make sure those will be the same job description after your probation period. :)

So anyway...during probational reviews, what kinds of things should be said to your boss if you don't agree with it? I am not good with doing reviews. Like there's one thing my boss put on the review that I really did not agree with. She marked that I can't work with my coworkers effectively. I don't agree with that, nor does my coworkers. There's this thing I've examined about my boss that, I'm not sure if it's true or not, but she likes to keep everything strictly professional. She only says "HI" to you in the morning. Nothing like, "how are you?" or "how was your weekend?" or even "how's your day going?" She doesn't let people make friends in the office. I've been told by some people that she gets jealous when her team makes friends in the office. When I first heard about that, I seriously thought that was ridiculous and not true, but as I am working there longer, I can totally tell, she doesn't like it at all. Anyway...because my boss put "moderately effective" for my overall review, I didn't get a raise, obviously and I wasn't a part of the yearly bonus that the whole company gets. In all of my jobs, it's never happened to me where I never even gotten a bonus. Then of course, my review has never been that bad. I've been really disappointed. I even came to the meeting all prepared with 2 pages of "accomplishment" I typed out, and apparently she doesn't think any of my accomplishments on the 2 pages counted. Just a really disappointing day....