Ugh, still remember my first appraisal - my boss's favourite word in the English language must be STUBBORN
. I must have had this one at least 6 years out of 8 appraisals I have had with the company.
My first year here I argued with him for 2-3 weeks on a process matter and finally proved that something that doesn't happen in any other plant in the world happens in ours. My "reward" for being right and dramatically changing the process for the better was the STUBBORN word and it haunts me still. Oh well, on the plus side he has at least dropped both the Arrogant and Lackadaisical from his repertoire now - that was what I got on my 2nd appraisal when I complained about STUBBORN.