I work at a large campus with multiple buildings. I have a desk mate. I've worked in several buildings around campus in my 2 years here so I've met most of the team. I have a new supervisor and we just had our first evaluation meeting. They score us in 4 categories, one of them being “people” referring to how I interact with coworkers and clients. That area was my lowest score. That tracks, as I am very introverted and don't like people. But I gotta pay my bills.
So in our meeting she told me we need to improve my “people” score. She said to be mindful of how I talk to coworkers because multiple people have told her they don't like working with me because I'm “too negative and bring down the mood when I complain about the company.” She said I've badmouthed the company to people and it's ruined their day because they realized my complaints are accurate and it makes them also dislike this place.
So to “fix” this low score, she wants to move me around to different buildings each week so I get to interact with more people. You know, the people who told her they don't like me. She thinks diving head first into things I'm bad at is the only way to get better so by forcing me into this uncomfortable situation it will give me better people skills.
I don't really give a shit that they don't like me. She clearly said it's not that I suck, people just thought this place was awesome until I opened their eyes. I don't want to be friends with these people, I just have to work here and pay my bills. But why the fuck is she forcing me to be around them and how will that make anything better??
She also said she had hoped that my desk mate and I would hit it off and become best work buds but because that didn't happen, I'm not a good fit in this space. We're both just quiet introverts and don't talk much. We get all our work done, residents are happy with us. We're just not two peas in a pod having the time of our lives at the desk. And she thinks that's a problem. I can tell you right now it will be WORSE at other buildings. Especially knowing they told her they dont like me. I don't even know why she decided to tell me this. She could have just let it be and I wouldn't be around most of the team and things would be fine as they are now. At least she didn't fire me I guess. (She probably didn't fire me because this team is bleeding workers left and right and they can't hire people fast enough)