Appraisal Training
Appraisal Training
(OP)
I just an email from HR requesting me to attend "Appraisal Training" (new broom, new sytem, new forms). I thought it was a mistake, since I have no direct reports. When I read the text in full it said that for those who would be reviewing AND reviewed, the training would last a day; for those who would only be reviewed it would last a half day.
I wonder what I'm going to learn in that half day?? Think I may print of a BS bingo sheet and take it with me.
I wonder what I'm going to learn in that half day?? Think I may print of a BS bingo sheet and take it with me.
- Steve





RE: Appraisal Training
It could be that Appraisals will be against specific goals in a top down manner. Therefore you are going to need to fill in questionaires prior to the appraisal.
The appraisal process also involves setting the goals for comming year.
Dont know - but there will be an opportunity for you to manage up if you go.
T
RE: Appraisal Training
If you understand the system - what scores points, what doesn't - then you can work the system come self-appraisal time.
RE: Appraisal Training
corus
RE: Appraisal Training
There was an attached TIFF file. I assumed it was some scanned-in signature that HR types insist on attaching to global emails (in an attempt to kill our mail servers). But no, it was an agenda. All I need now is to find a real engineering problem to work on during the meeting. I find it easier to ignore BS than to ignore my phone so I may get some work done.
- Steve
RE: Appraisal Training
Don't know, I did not follow the training at your company, but since there is a constant fight between the parties involved in appraisals, it is good to know the rules and use them in your own benefit, else you need to bribe you boss to get that raise you (in your opinion) deserve
RE: Appraisal Training
I haven't used any of the rest of it. They taught a lot about quantifiable goals, which is fine if you're a drafter or data entry clerk, where your error rate can be measured, but I couldn't see how to apply any of that to an engineer's job, particularly mine, where I don't even have the kind of output that can be measured in pages.
They also talked about getting a lot more specific about job duties, and listing which tasks when performed would achieve which levels of rating, but I've not succeeded in getting any of that applied to my performance plan, which is still full of vague crap, and is mostly evaluated according to criteria in my boss's head, like his notion that to be rated "outstanding" in code committee participation I would need to found a whole new national code-writing organization. (I'm truly not kidding about that.)
Your mileage, naturally, will vary.
Hg
Eng-Tips policies: FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies