mediocre reviews...

[jay]

My boss stopped by my office a few minutes ago... we have a two-step review process this year. There's an initial evaluation, then the paperwork goes up the chain of command where a rating is assigned, then it is sent back down to the employee to sign. Today was the latter. I had expected an overall "Meets or Exceeds" rating, not the upper-10% "Distinguished" rating, but I'd expected that a couple of the individual subelements would get the higher mark, in places where I'd been innovative or gone far beyond expectations. Nope. Straight M/E mediocrity, all the way across everything.

Apparently I was dinged for minor paperwork delays in things like reading and signing monthly safety statistical summaries... which offset my technical and project victories. I was told that I have to be "absolutely flawless in a given area, without susceptibility to even trivial criticisms" to be considered for the highest rating.

It had already been a stressful week, this is just the bitter-flavored icing...

Comments

[geekchick]

I'm sorry. *hug*

How does what you got back today compare to the initial evaluation? (I'm assuming you got to see the initial evaluation, or am I mistaken about that?)

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

It'd be nice if they had "meets" and "exceeds" separately, as "exceeds" isn't mediocre at all, and few humans are flawless.

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Knowing how hard you work to make everything happen, I have to wonder how they came up with that evaluation. I think you have often met and also exceeded expectations, and gone above and beyond the normal call of duty in some areas, as you hoped to hear.

L told me during my last review that he thought I had management potential. I'm not sure what to make of that, but believe me, if I was your manager, I'd give you distinguished marks in a few areas.

*hugs*

[trinker.livejournal.com]

*hug* sympathy on the suckful.

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I'm sorry. The system of performance evaluation just scrapes.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Oh - and, _straight_ 'meets' isn't mediocre, either...

[inflectionpoint.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry your manager seems unable to see what you bring to your work. Or perhaps I am sorry that your manager has to implement a hidebound and silly evaluation system.

I hope there are people who do appreciate and value you, for your work and for you. Oh wait. I am one of them!

hugs if you wish them.

[maddr.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to be chiming in late on this. What utter crap. *hugs*