Appraisal Vs Resignation

A newly joined trainee engineer asks his boss "what is the meaning of appraisal?" Boss: "Do you know the meaning of resignation?" Trainee: "Yes I do" Boss: "So let me make you understand what a appraisal is by comparing it with resignation" Comparison study: Appraisal and Resignation |-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------| | Appraisal | Resignation | |-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------| | In appraisal meeting they will | In resignation meeting they will | | speak only about your weakness, | speak only about your strengths, | | errors and failures. | past achievements and success. | |-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------| | In appraisal you may need to cry | In resignation you can easily demand| | and beg for even 10% hike. | (or get even without asking) more | | | than 50-60% hike. | |-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------| | During appraisal, they will deny | During resignation, they will say | | promotion saying you didn't meet | you are the core member of team; you| | the expectation, you don't have | are the vision of the company how | | leadership qualities, and you had | can you go, you have to take the | | several drawbacks in our | project in shoulder and lead your | | objective/goal. | juniors to success. | |-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------| | There is 90% chance for not | There is 90% chance of getting | | getting any significant incentives| immediate hike after you put the | | after appraisal. | resignation. | |-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------| Trainee: "Yes boss enough, now I understood my future. For an appraisal I will have to resign ... !!!"