Employability Employer Employees Performance Reviews Performances
Employee evaluations are like job interviews. They can be awkward for everybody involved. Some bosses hate them. But they are necessary to help the company and its employees improve.
You can use employee evaluations to your advantage if you take a careful look at what you need to do better and take the boss' advice on what you need to do to either get better or find another job. It is even better if you can find specific ways on your own to improve on your weak areas. If you do, double check it with your boss to make sure he agrees.
If you are struggling in your job then your supervisor would be doing you a disservice if he said you were doing a good job. Just like you are responsible for your performance, in a lot of cases your supervisor is also responsible for yours.
If you get a good job review when you don’t deserve it that could also get your supervisor in trouble But that is dependent upon the company for which you work. Any employee evaluation that is done should be honest, accurate and forthcoming.
Employees also should not take performance reviews personally because most supervisors want their employees to do well in their jobs. Sometimes the solution is to give a bad review. Most good supervisors will take specific steps to motivate their employees, recognize the really good ones and rat out the really bad ones. That is what good supervisors do regardless of the industry they work in.
One thing some of you may be wondering: So what should I do if I end up with a bad review? A couple of things: The first is to simply learn from the mistakes you've made. If you can't come up with any off the top of your head, talk to your boss to see what you can do to get better. If nobody has a good solution then that is a sign you either need to talk to your employer about a different position within the company or find a new job.
The next thing to do is to make your employer sign off on something which says that you are going to do something specific to improve your performance. This should give any reasonable minded person reason to want to improve on their performance and then there is not a question on how your performance can improve.
If you are in a situation where you don't feel you can do what the employer is asking then it is probably time to look for another job. Or you can discuss other job possibilities within the same company. But if you choose the latter do so with caution. It could get you out the door permanently and you may not be let back in.
