tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post181971661498001006..comments2023-10-18T04:44:08.434-05:00Comments on tales of an ordinary girl: Performance ReviewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429263099197981481noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post-71229454634201938642007-11-06T15:57:00.000-06:002007-11-06T15:57:00.000-06:00I had to do the same thing recently...what a coinc...I had to do the same thing recently...what a coincidence. :)<BR/><BR/>It's especially hard to rate yourself if you take other people on your team into consideration. <BR/><BR/>Like, one category is "Quality of Work, on a scale of 1 to 5". Nobody wants to be a 2 or 1. But being 5 is awfully boastful. So, you have the entire team squeezing itself into the "3 and 4" range....which isn't assurate, because there is a huge range of quality difference between members on the team. <BR/><BR/>There's more than a 1 point difference between the best and the worst...but not on the evals.<BR/><BR/>And then you have some people where you think: "I know so and so is going to rate himself a 4 in category XYZ, but I'm much better than him in that category...and yet I'm sure not a 5." <BR/><BR/>THEN what do you do? And honestly, people even have different scales. What is a "5" to one person is a "3" to another. <BR/><BR/>Bah.<BR/><BR/>Just put down 4's. And if you have something you think you are especially good at, tack on a 5, and maybe balance it with a "3+" somewhere else. :)Vistalunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070075970612539409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post-78673495033522401072007-10-22T07:34:00.000-05:002007-10-22T07:34:00.000-05:00I think that while rating oneself it is important ...I think that while rating oneself it is important to see the qualities of the people around. Average would be the average in the organisation and for excellent the benchmark would be the top performers. At least that is how I see it and I feel companies see it that way too. Some companies have a higher quality of personnel, maybe because they pay well. So someone average would stand out as below average. And in a company where the overall quality is say average then an average person might actually be seen as above average.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post-2723798433797848362007-10-21T00:26:00.000-05:002007-10-21T00:26:00.000-05:00Related- The thing I hate most in an interview is ...Related- The thing I hate most in an interview is this question: "What are your five best qualities?" Five worst?" <BR/><BR/>GRRRRRRRRRRR!Venjanzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14632111675112237375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post-16150938433004912502007-10-20T20:44:00.000-05:002007-10-20T20:44:00.000-05:00Hmm, complicated. But, if I were you, I'd definit...Hmm, complicated. But, if I were you, I'd definitely rate myself a bit higher than what you actually think you are. We are our own worst critics.Mamacita Chilenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00591882075295087687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post-19620802517375324972007-10-19T20:56:00.000-05:002007-10-19T20:56:00.000-05:00Rate yourself 7 x sqrt(2) or3.18 x pi;-)Rate yourself 7 x sqrt(2) <BR/>or<BR/>3.18 x pi<BR/>;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post-29259044970376781962007-10-19T15:19:00.000-05:002007-10-19T15:19:00.000-05:00So, what, do you just fill in a blank? I think I ...So, what, do you just fill in a blank? I think I would rate myself a perfect score on the basis that the mean score would be about 8 and that I'm "ahead of the curve", or "a real asset to the company". I would assume that self-evaluations are intended to gauge an employee's bullshit potential, so I'd go for broke.encephalophonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11338030845171445330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post-41834968793788190142007-10-19T11:36:00.000-05:002007-10-19T11:36:00.000-05:00Here's how I think you should approach a performan...Here's how I think you should approach a performance review:<BR/><BR/>Think long and hard about each criterion and then rate yourself one higher than you think you deserve. If you tend to be self-deprecatory in certain areas (which, having read you, I think you are), rate yourself <I>two</I> higher.<BR/><BR/>Look, the whole point of the weasel-y performance-review exercise is to create justification for the bosses when they give you a lower raise than you deserve. So start by slightly overevaluating your worth. <BR/><BR/>Don't go nuts, but don't allow them to undervalue your services either. Think of this as the office equivalent of a Middle Eastern bazaar, with you as the salesperson. Start your bargaining high.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post-50222790795592393572007-10-19T10:52:00.000-05:002007-10-19T10:52:00.000-05:00It all depends on the points you are rating yourse...It all depends on the points you are rating yourself on.<BR/><BR/>Teamwork? Leadership? Communication? Initiative? Quality & Quantity of work? If you've always completed your work on time with minimal mistakes, I'd rate 8 on both. No mistakes, I'd rate 10!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12038608637315124656noreply@blogger.com