The Performance Review🧟♂️🧟♀️
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Every few months—or occasionally annually—employees meet with their supervisors to talk about accomplishments, identify areas needing improvement, and establish future objectives.
Ideally, performance reviews are meant to serve as a mechanism for development, transparency, and acknowledgement; however, in reality, they frequently resemble a complex web of contradictions.😅
Organisations frequently claim that performance evaluations are based on data and are impartial.
You receive ratings based on metrics, KPIs, and well-defined objectives.✅
Nonetheless, the reality of the review process often hinges on personal impressions, workplace dynamics, or the mood of your manager at the time.
One moment you’re shining bright as a superstar🌟, and the next, you’re labelled as ‘underperforming.’
Just how objective is that, truly?
Most evaluations strive to strike a balance between commendation and constructive feedback.
Sounds reasonable, doesn't it?
Yet, even the most positive remarks can come with a side of criticism:
"You excelled in Project X, but your communication skills need some work."
It’s akin to receiving a chocolate bar🍫accompanied by a note that reads, "You’re not sweet enough." It's perplexing, disheartening, and at times, amusingly contradictory.
Performance evaluations frequently promise growth in your career, opportunities for promotions, and chances to enhance your skills.
But in reality, more often than not, the "actionable items" end up being just additional tasks without the necessary resources, acknowledgement, or financial reward.
It’s like being told, "Here’s a larger mountain to scale 🏔️… but we won’t provide any climbing equipment."
Certain companies perform evaluations once a year, while others do so every three months, and some even monthly.📆
However, the frequency of these reviews does not necessarily correlate with their significance.
An annual assessment could lead to achievements and errors being overlooked by the time they are reviewed, whereas a monthly evaluation might come across as micromanagement.🙈
This highlights the dilemma of providing either insufficient or excessive scrutiny.
Performance evaluations aim to inspire employees and ensure they are in sync with the organisation's objectives.
Nevertheless, the stress they generate — including anxiety, excessive rumination, and office politics — frequently overshadows any beneficial effects.😣
In their efforts to encourage, companies may unintentionally dishearten their staff.👷
Ultimately, performance reviews represent a human effort to measure human achievement.
Perhaps the contradiction is not a flaw — but rather a characteristic.
After all, we are complex, intricate, and often unpredictable; yet, we are still expected to conform to specific categories. 🎁
What’s the dilemma for companies? Discovering a method that acknowledges genuine contributions without turning into a paradoxical game.
What’s the dilemma for employees? Navigating the process with poise, humour, and perhaps a secret stash of chocolate. 🍫😝
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