Just joined a company a matter of a month ago or so. I’ve been shadowing, doing work I’m asked, and contributing where I can. I had my first employee review on Monday, where my boss gave me full marks on everything. Today, she called me in to a meeting and said she felt I was coming across as “flat” and that someone had mentioned this to her in passing in confidence.
In truth, I don’t care about the job, only the money. I also have been applying elsewhere casually for places with a higher salary. This morning, I turned on my “open to work” frame on linkedin, but made it only accessible to recruiters.
I don’t understand why she thinks I’m coming across as flat, because I AM engaged and I DO act like I care at work; I try hard to not let my apathy show. Is it possible someone at the company with a recruiter status noticed the change I made? What does a boss even mean by coming across as “flat” if she also said I’m engaged and understands that I’m brand new. I don’t know what they’re asking for. She said she wanted to check in because she was concerned and was very nice about it, but I don’t understand why the dramatic change within a three day timespan.