[Honestly Albert doesn't mind being in charge of cleaning crews or anything like that, but it's the sheer idiocy of their ratings that get his hackles up and for lack of any other real way to funnel his frustration, Albert does the only thing an old man can do;
Send a strongly worded note.
So the following is pinned below his evaluation on the bulletin board not long after the results went up.]
To Whom It May Concern;
In light of this training mission's outcome, I must lodge a formal complaint for how it was presented and run and the post mission rating criteria used. My complaints are as follows:
Being expected to fulfill a mission objective when no such objective was given at the start of the exercise. This too goes for an apparently expected understanding that we should have attempted to use the tools given to us individually during the mission. In this scenario, we were given no briefing and no objective, instead made to awaken and simply react. As we took the situation to be real, it was prudent for each member of the group to play to their strengths and therefore redistribute supplies where they could be most useful. Which according to your rubric was wrong. So too, your rubric scores us on "accomplishing what was required," when we were not told what was required in the first place.
I understand the need for training exercises; I have conducted many in my own time and world, but for said exercises to be effective, they must simulate actual real-world conditions, otherwise the reactions and outcomes are not based on the traits the test is supposed to measure but instead on uncertainty and other factors.
If similar takes place again, I will be taking up by grievances in person.
no subject
Send a strongly worded note.
So the following is pinned below his evaluation on the bulletin board not long after the results went up.]
To Whom It May Concern;
In light of this training mission's outcome, I must lodge a formal complaint for how it was presented and run and the post mission rating criteria used. My complaints are as follows:
Being expected to fulfill a mission objective when no such objective was given at the start of the exercise. This too goes for an apparently expected understanding that we should have attempted to use the tools given to us individually during the mission. In this scenario, we were given no briefing and no objective, instead made to awaken and simply react. As we took the situation to be real, it was prudent for each member of the group to play to their strengths and therefore redistribute supplies where they could be most useful. Which according to your rubric was wrong. So too, your rubric scores us on "accomplishing what was required," when we were not told what was required in the first place.
I understand the need for training exercises; I have conducted many in my own time and world, but for said exercises to be effective, they must simulate actual real-world conditions, otherwise the reactions and outcomes are not based on the traits the test is supposed to measure but instead on uncertainty and other factors.
If similar takes place again, I will be taking up by grievances in person.
-A. Heinrich