gocomics.com/nonsequitur
Click on picture for higher resolution.
Sorry, Grim Reaper, it’s been years since I had a performance review. My job now is to enjoy my second childhood even more than I enjoyed the first one. And I’m the only judge of that.
September 20, 2016
I’ve only had one job involving regular performance reviews. The rest have just worked on the quiet-observation-by-the-boss principle. I didn’t find the performance reviews very helpful either They were mainly an exercise in box-ticking and concocting largely imaginary plans for the future.
The ones I had weren’t very good either. They could have been a plus if they were done correctly.
I have just returned from having spent a nice afternoon with some delightful young friends who gave me lunch, tea and fantastic company. I gave my hostess a five star performance rating, much to her embarrassment! We still participate in performance appraisals though we do not call them as such.
I’m glad you had a good time. 🙂
my epitaph rating review will be…
she was always complaining about the heat.
(so I hope she gets to go to the other place! LOL)
😀 I love it! But I wish your weather was better.
Performance reviews were one of the things I detested most. The planning part of it never seemed to fit my job. It’s been almost 10 years since my last.
Our company once came up with a scheme to rank employees into 9 categories which would be individually shared. They had already completed the ranking process and were on the verge of the supervisors informing their workers when, all of a sudden, a hold was put on the process. Supervisors were told to NOT inform employees. The whole thing was scrapped, except for those who were ranked in Category 9 — thereafter known as “Cat 9.” Apparently management had second thoughts about the potential for employees to be able to compare rankings. (My supervisor jumped the gun. I know what my ranking was. I’ve never told anyone.)
Cat 9 employees were each given two options. They could either enter a “get well” process to improve their performance or they could quit with a substantial severance package. If, at the end of the “get well” period, the employee’s performance did not improve sufficiently, they could be terminated with little or no severance benefits. A lot of Cat 9s took the package. I don’t know of any terminations of any who chose to stay.
Yuck! That must have been scary for the Cat 9s. You would have to have faith in the management to stay, but it sounds like it turned out fine for the ones who did that.
We have “reviews” coming up at work in the next few weeks. I dread them, and so wish I could have your job instead!!
🙁 They’re no fun. I sympathize.
I’m actually pretty good with performance reviews.
I can answer the questions and give my reasons at length.
My rambling comes in handy.
But one sentence to justify my existence?
I guess it would be that I tried to save who I could and make their lives happy.
Sounds good to me!
had to endure feedback reviews with the recent past art diploma – when she would say one thing, send a summary with written words that said something else – and when I queried it she would say “that’s not what I meant”…
one of the funny times was right near the end, when she loved a picture I had done with felt tip pens – and I said it was just a sketch because I remembered you don’t like felt tip pens – her reply “I never said that…”
I suspect that if I decided to do my more art by distance learning, I would want a different tutor (yes, I’m considering that, as it gave me distinct goals to head for…)
It’s nice to have goals, but it’s also nice if the tutor is a good match. Good luck!