I just need to blow off some steam. Anyone else think the review process is fu--ing stupid? I’m so tired of it. Every year, EVERY YEAR, they change the god damn format and make it more difficult than the year before. They move the goalposts on our evaluations so we receive the bare minimum increase on top of our bonuses. I’m tired of being held responsible for things that are outside of the responsibilities of my position. It’s bullsh-t. I’ve submitted my review twice now only for it to be sent back bc I was missing some things. No explanation, no direction. Just forwarded emails. The review process in this organization is fu--ing stupid and ridiculous and honestly? They don’t even look at them. They just want them completed so they can sign off on them. I know this to be true bc I’ve used the same verbiage in my personal comments for years now. They don’t look. They only care about paying the least they can pay. These reviews are a fu--ing headache.
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I basically ignore reviews. Waste of time. Blah Blah Blah
Every company I've worked for has a terrible review process. I'm hourly in stores and I appreciate the quarterly check ins. Makes more sense than 1x a year
Agree on the moving goal posts. HR needs to decide the annual plan up front and stick to it. I’m talking full expectations for the curve and weighting of goals.
My favorite part of the review process is “mid year” was actually 3/4 year and HR gave no indication on forced curve expectations. I’m sure a good number of people received a high impact on mid year are going to be told sorry your work during holiday and year-end actually brought you down to a solid.
At the end of the day it’s not worth stressing about a 0.5-1% difference when management is just going to already have decided who is high impact prior to reading your self review.
Has anyone ever had to pass the or-l exam?
Review processes at all companies su-k
Annual review has nothing to do with SIT and little to do with merit increase (maybe just decide if you’ll get a 2.5% or 3.5% merit increase lol)