Annual Evaluation

unlost dogs

Anybody else in the middle of performance evaluation season? Where you really, really hope that you did Wicked Pissa and are getting a big fat bonus?

Mine is tomorrow afternoon, at a restaurant near work.

The sensible part of me thinks: "My boss is awesome, and wants to have this great conversation in a light, fun atmosphere with good food."

The paranoid part of me thinks: "My boss is careful, and wants to deliver a poor review in a public place because it's less likely that I'll make a scene."

How did your annual performance review go?

:corn:

Dissidentman

unlost dogs wrote:

Anybody else in the middle of performance evaluation season? Where you really, really hope that you did Wicked Pissa and are getting a big fat bonus?

Mine is tomorrow afternoon, at a restaurant near work.

The sensible part of me thinks: "My boss is awesome, and wants to have this great conversation in a light, fun atmosphere with good food."

The paranoid part of me thinks: "My boss is careful, and wants to deliver a poor review in a public place because it's less likely that I'll make a scene."

How did your annual performance review go?

:corn:

aka, Jerry McGuire

My self eval is due sometime next week. Never know how to fill out those things...

unlost dogs

I would go with...

"I am wonderful."

"I did wonderful things all year long."

"You should give me a big fat bonus."

Alternatively, for you Dissidentman, you might consider:

"I didn't kill anybody in the past year. On purpose."

"I promoted cultural diversity by wearing my bucket hat on Casual Fridays. Because headgear is a form of cultural expression."

"I felt bad about calling in sick when I really wasn't sick."

RKCNDY

is this the same boss that wanted to tag along when you went to find trouble with kw and 81?

at my last job, I never once got a 'performance review'. :?

supadupa

Yep, just turned in my self-evaluation last week. At most I can expect a 5% raise of my salary. My boss is in the midst of a nervous breakdown, and I have no idea if that's going to be a positive or a negative thing for me.

81

we are suppose to be in the middle of the process....

boss was suppose to send out something monday so that we coudl fill it out and return it by next monday....

i've not seen anything...i will not be asking about it...

last two years, my reviews have lasted a combined 5 minutes.

davidtrios

my eval is coming up but i think my boss is a socialist. last year, i was one of the top grossing reps but got a mere 3% bump on my base - same as my peers. :x

81

davidtrios wrote:

my eval is coming up but i think my boss is a socialist. last year, i was one of the top grossing reps but got a mere 3% bump- same as my peers. :x

our sales peeps get 0%. if they want to make more, they need to sell more.

davidtrios

81 wrote:

davidtrios wrote:

my eval is coming up but i think my boss is a socialist. last year, i was one of the top grossing reps but got a mere 3% bump on my base- same as my peers. :x

our sales peeps get 0%. if they want to make more, they need to sell more.

im lucky bc i get an 80/20 scale...80% base, the rest is commish.

81

Dissidentman wrote:

My self eval is due sometime next week. Never know how to fill out those things...

i had to do one of those at my last company.... i did it jimmy from seinfeld style. it was the best review ever.

davidtrios

supadupa wrote:

Yep, just turned in my self-evaluation last week. At most I can expect a 5% raise of my salary. My boss is in the midst of a nervous breakdown, and I have no idea if that's going to be a positive or a negative thing for me.

tread lightly...

drinkbigredinstead

Yes - evaluation done, bonus approved, raise approved.

I'm not in sales though, mine is more from an operational risk standpoint.

Indifference71

I had my review yesterday. It went really well. Shitty part is that I don't find out until April what my raise is and if I get a bonus.

davidtrios

drinkbigredinstead wrote:

Yes - evaluation done, bonus approved, raise approved.

I'm not in sales though, mine is more from an operational risk standpoint.

treat yo self

drinkbigredinstead

davidtrios wrote:

drinkbigredinstead wrote:

Yes - evaluation done, bonus approved, raise approved.

I'm not in sales though, mine is more from an operational risk standpoint.

treat yo self

Oh I am this is where Wrigley comes in.

unlost dogs

I always had an annual evaluation when I worked in hospitals.

My last hospital job, the evaluation included my director writing something flowery and handing me my goals for the coming year. She'd assigned me to various projects without ever speaking with me, or with colleagues who were already working on those projects. So while the eval was good, the goals part was uncomfortable.

This job, totally different. It's taken very seriously, and we have strict deadlines for submitting formatted self-evals based on the goals you set for yourself (with your manager) at the beginning of the year. Managers of direct reports have strict deadlines for writing their portion, and then for meeting with individuals. Generally it's an hourlong discussion, and toward the end it involves talking about goals for the upcoming year.

I really like the process here...

F Me In The Brain

81 wrote:

davidtrios wrote:

my eval is coming up but i think my boss is a socialist. last year, i was one of the top grossing reps but got a mere 3% bump- same as my peers. :x

our sales peeps get 0%. if they want to make more, they need to sell more.

That is what I tell my team. Want a raise every year w/o selling more? Get a job other than Sales. I dont cap their earnings and I dont take back their base if they have a crappy year.
(But I do set their forecasts...)

81

Indifference71 wrote:

I had my review yesterday. It went really well. Shitty part is that I don't find out until April what my raise is and if I get a bonus.

every where i have ever been it's been, get review,...get raise at end....

this year, this company decided to make them seperate conversations....

81

F Me In The Brain wrote:

(But I do set their forecasts...)

i get a small vote on those.

intodeep

I'm have mine next week. I've been with my company for 9 years and had my best year ever last year. I hate it though because it always feels like an arbitration meeting in baseball where no matter how good you are they focus on what you could have done better...

you know to help you improve.

I'm like dude skrew you and show me the money!

DURP

I'm not familiar with the term "Wickad Pissa" sounds like a crappy 80's hair band.