How the fuck do you do a performance review?

For me, we need to do self assessments.

Part of it is what I do well, part of it is what i need to improve.

No idea what to put, since I feel like I'm awful at everything lol.

We do the same thing, we are given a 5 questions to then rate ourselves 1-4 and comment section for each question to explain your rating purely optional but highly encouraged

The supervisors and upper management then does same assessment on you with their comments and then they compare yours to theirs and then theirs is what your bonus and raise and promotions are based off.

THEN after the whole process is done, manager and you go over the results discuss where you and the manger differ in the assessment of your performance.

It’s purely a reality check really.. what you put really doesn’t matter the reason you do it is for a reminding the manager what you did that may have been forgotten... but also it aids and opens your mind to how others perceive you... like if you think you did exceptional and the manager rates below average it’s kinda a wake up call to you....

The rating scale is as follows

1 = does not meet expectations of duty
2 = meets expectations of duty
3 = above exceptions of duty
4 = exceeds expectations of duty

It’s suppose to be very hard to get 4 on everything

There is always opportunity for improvement.

Fight Club method?:

https://youtube.com/watch/...

(i would advise against it... but if you do ... record it for the rest of us)

@QuanticoCEO aren't ratings 3 and 4 the same?

You need to improve your mindset as you are too self-critical right now.

What have you gotten better at? Only put that. Anything hinting negative is never looked at constructively. Focus instead on things you "will" improve. Makes all negative magically better.

@iiii 3 is about exceptions

I don't.

This thread reminds me why I went into contracting 17 years ago

Golly gee I fuking hate self assessments. Writings essays and shit. Fuking corporate bullshit.

Self-assessments help your line manager figure out how you're doing at work on a personal level. Do you feel like you're not doing well? Maybe you feel like you're underappreciated for your accomplishments? Or do you think you're doing better than your peers, perhaps deserve a promotion or raise? These are all valid.

Then your line manager can take these inputs and combine them with your quantitative performance to give you a fair assessment with proper action plans based on your needs/wants.

HOWEVER this assumes you have a good line manager who knows people management, so if you don't have a good line manager then these self-assessments really don't matter.

@QuanticoCEO everyone does the self assessment here, and it seems super pointless IMHO