“There’s a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you don’t need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.”
– Harriet Lerner
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Have you ever gotten a performance review where you didn’t agree with your boss’s feedback?
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Many companies are moving away from the formal, once-a-year feedback-fest that’s known (among other things) as The Annual Performance Review Process.
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Others remain entrenched in the practice that many experts believe is out of date and ineffective. Mostly because it’s more of a bureaucratic process than an authentic one of sharing meaningful feedback.
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And research shows that the majority of employees have no love lost for the performance review process.
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So, given the general loathing of the review process, and, the murky state of manager competency that we’ve discussed before, what if you get a sucky review?
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Do you escalate and go to HR?
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Do you have it out with your manager?
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Or do you start looking for another job?
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In this week’s The Muse column I share insight into the review process and what might constitute reasonable cause for having a conversation with HR… or not.
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Go here to read it all.
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