101 Reasons why appraisals are useless.

[oracleslave]

My last "appraisal" that I had (a long while ago now, and hopefully the last I ever have), my manager brought up some stuff he hadn't mentioned before, a cardinal sin with appraisals, and made it very clear he was taking the credit for anything that went well. That confirmed to me that he was a moron - I went contracting 3 months later and haven't looked back since.

So from my respect I think appraisals are a wonderful thing

perspective? viewpoint?

[AlfredJPruffock]

Appariasl ? Call me old fasioned buit I prefer a good old fashioned reprisal.

In their life there something lacking
What they needs a Damn Good Whacking

[NotAllThere]

WGAF? Appraisals are for permies...

Question is inspired by this thread: http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...go-permie.html

[PM-Junkie]

perspective? viewpoint?

I guess English must be your second language, so permit me to help...

Respect also means "relation or reference", for example as in "inquiries with respect to a route". I recommend www.dictionary.com if you struggle with the meaning of words.

[oracleslave]

I guess English must be your second language, so permit me to help...

It is actually. I have never seen it used like that. I guess I just learnt something then.

I recommend www.dictionary.com if you struggle with the meaning of words.

Thanks for the tip, I find urbandictionary more interesting though.

[original PM]

Appraisals are the first step in the disciplinary chain.

It allows management to measure your current progress so far and set agreed new goals

as soon as you start missing those goals you may end being perfromance managed

once you are being performance managed you may as well get another job.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Appraisals are the first step in the disciplinary chain.

It allows management to measure your current progress so far and set agreed new goals

as soon as you start missing those goals you may end being perfromance managed

once you are being performance managed you may as well get another job.

Yep.

Its a well known variant of getting rid of people without messy legal liability - make their life a hell at work under the guise of performance managment with impossible targets etc till they head running for the Exits.

Any former HR foks on the panel care to comment ?

[lilelvis2000]

My first appraisal went okay...though the manager was quite useless but a nice guy.

My next one I didn't even see..the man was a jerk and had no clue how to talk to anyone except in a arrogant manner - except his buddies.

He passed the review on to my next manager who read it out to me. I was allowed to give a written response and my manager agreed that the previous one was crap and all my points we bang on about him.

Since then managers had to go through some quite strenuous training in soft-skills and management skills. Any company that takes technical people and just drops them into management is asking for trouble.

Year-end appraisals are crap. Your manager should be having regular one-on-one convos. during the year to discuss issues as they come up.

[lilelvis2000]

Yep.

Its a well known variant of getting rid of people without messy legal liability - make their life a hell at work under the guise of performance managment with impossible targets etc till they head running for the Exits.

Any former HR foks on the panel care to comment ?

Don't you make hell for a IT person by stuffing them into a corner and asking them to produce papers on technical ideas which they know will just be chucked in the bin.

[Mich the Tester]

Appraisals are the first step in the disciplinary chain.

It allows management to measure your current progress so far and set agreed new goals

as soon as you start missing those goals you may end being perfromance managed

once you are being performance managed you may as well get another job.

At the last appraisal I had when I was a permie, I was accused of letting the side down by going on holiday during the acceptance tests of a major project. I’d actually arranged my holiday so as not to clash with the project planning and had worked very long days to make sure that at least the tests were prepared on time, but the project was delayed by so many months that it clashed. This was counted as an ‘unsatisfactory’ and I was informed that my salary would only be raised in line with inflation and I would have to improve if I wanted to have a successful career with <big consultancy I shan’t name out of shame>. 'Es of now you vil be 'performance menaged. JA JA'.

I went home furious and told Mrs Tester, who said, with her usual down to earth, common sense approach, said ‘let’s go to the pub and get pissed, and tomorrow you can resign and phone that bloke who offered you a contract last week’. I did, and it’s the best decision I ever took in my working life.