It’s that time of the year again. I hate doing these since the process at most companies are so formulaic. You (or your manager) fill out a form with a set of questions that is supposed to cover a year or more of work performance. I’ve always worked in small teams, often with just one direct report, and I talk to my staff (or manager) everyday. By review time, all that needs to be said has already been said a hundred times. Even worse, at both the current and previous company, the review is only indirectly correlated to the salary increase. The actual increase amount is a separate decision and not directly calculated from your performance review score.
The first step in the process is a self review. That is due at midnight tonight so I’d better get going. Our company uses a five point scale so you have to give yourself a ranking on several criteria, and write some text as well. Since I switched to part-time about halfway through the year, this is a new experience. What standards do I use to evaluate myself? I’m pretty certain that if I was working full-time, I would still make about the same progress on my one-and-only large project. Do I score better since I’m only working 3/4-time and getting paid less? Also, I’ve worked for the same manager for 17 out of the last 20 years so I can probably write my final review for him. Typically I get a 3.5 our of 5, but that doesn’t seem to have any impact on promotions.
At least this year I don’t have any direct reports so all I have to do is the self review and be done!
Life with chronic diseases 