Evaluation Time is Coming - How Do You Prepare?
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Last place that I was, the place that shall not be named in Connecticut, did continuous evaluations all of the time. Literally daily. So feedback was continuous. Periodic reviews, then, were really just summarizing and synthesizing this continuous feedback from managers, peers and customers into a resultant set. But the person would know, almost exactly, what the final outcome was going to be because everything was collected, and public, from the first day till the last.
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The last large corporation I worked for did yearly reviews and the results of those affected the bonus.
I would say in enterprise america reviews are normal.
In the SMB, not so much.
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I've been with my company for two years... My boss hasn't done a review as of yet (even though it is in the employee handbook) I haven't been asked to do a review of the employee that is under me either. I got quarterly reviews at the last place I worked, which really helped me improve in the necessary areas, which were almost completely social...
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@coliver said:
I've been with my company for two years... My boss hasn't done a review as of yet (even though it is in the employee handbook) I haven't been asked to do a review of the employee that is under me either. I got quarterly reviews at the last place I worked, which really helped me improve in the necessary areas, which were almost completely social...
SMBs notoriously don't do reviews, at least not in IT. It's very rare.
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I am pretty sure that NTG is one of the few that I know of that do them. I try to do them once a quarter that keeps everyone on track a bit more.
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I was at CitiGroup for eight years and had one review, in my first year. It did not result in a raise of anything even thought I scored perfectly. After that, no more reviews. Made things simple.
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To be fair we also do post mortems when we do have an issue or a stumbling block on any client work. Anytime something doesn't go off as planned I make the person/team that worked on it go over what they missed, what could have been different etc. Sometimes it is outside issues that are beyond our control but sometimes there are good lessons to be learned. That is in its self a good review from time to time as well.
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I've pretty much avoided them, luckily. I think I've only had one and given one in my life. Sadly though, I've never worked anywhere that pays bonuses.
Generally speaking, I think they suck and are a complete waste of time.
Post mortems, however, are ace.
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At my last place, I was supposed to have one after my (AU standard) 3 month probation but I never got one, so I kept showing up and I kept getting paid. I think I had my first after about 18months of being there and maybe one more over the course of the 4 years that I was there
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I've pretty much avoided them, luckily. I think I've only had one and given one in my life. Sadly though, I've never worked anywhere that pays bonuses.
That's not a bad thing. I've done it and it sucks. It just means you are paid less than you are worth and you absorb risk for the business.
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@nadnerB said:
At my last place, I was supposed to have one after my (AU standard) 3 month probation but I never got one, so I kept showing up and I kept getting paid. I think I had my first after about 18months of being there and maybe one more over the course of the 4 years that I was there
That's what I normally see. Supposed to have them but they never happen.
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Does this lack of raises also mean no cost of living adjustments either?
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@Dashrender said:
Does this lack of raises also mean no cost of living adjustments either?
Not in my experience. We had specific % in creases for cost of living each year, so long as the enterprise agreement was valid (i.e. hadn't reached the expiry/renewal date)
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Wow, I just received my first review in two years... odd that this comes up today.
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@coliver said:
Wow, I just received my first review in two years... odd that this comes up today.
Very odd. How did you do? Any raise?
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@Dashrender said:
Does this lack of raises also mean no cost of living adjustments either?
Yes, because those are raises.
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@nadnerB said:
@Dashrender said:
Does this lack of raises also mean no cost of living adjustments either?
Not in my experience. We had specific % in creases for cost of living each year, so long as the enterprise agreement was valid (i.e. hadn't reached the expiry/renewal date)
Outside of the US the lack of raises is less common. Here, even cost of living is hard to get.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Wow, I just received my first review in two years... odd that this comes up today.
Very odd. How did you do? Any raise?
No, no raise.... I was offered an incentive to finish my Master's degree though.
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Well that's something. Is it a good incentive? What a weird thing to offer, as if getting a master's helps them in any way.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Well that's something. Is it a good incentive? What a weird thing to offer, as if getting a master's helps them in any way.
Fairly good. I've argued that point in the past... but working for/with friends has its perks.
