Friday, January 18, 2008

2007 Appraisal

Had a appraisal meeting on Tues with my line manager for WY2007. It was... better than I hoped? LOL! OK I got a B+, I think it is good, at least for myself. I don't really know about the rest of my colleagues, don't think anyone will openly talk about their appraisal result keke.

Boss told us that everyone starts off with B- then everyone at the same level is ranked against each other at the unit level, then at the department level and so on to get the final grade. Again this is kinda of the same way my previous company does performance appraisal which in my opinion may be inaccurate. You may be a fantastic worker but still get a B or even C simply because not many other bosses knows you or just that your boss can't fight for you!

As the ranking happens higher up the hierarchy, it is your boss (or boss' boss) that will have to fight for your ranking against other bosses. So like I said in my earlier post, exposure does matter, if other bosses do not know you, how they try to bring you up? There will still be some truth if I were to say "the one with the loudest voice will most likely win", hmm so I need to find a boss who talks the loudest and have the most clout. haha!

All said, I also can't think of a better or fairer way to grade performance but hey I dun study HR keke. Now is wait to see how many months of bonus this B+ translate to... and also increment!! Will only know on Feb 11, which is apparently known as "Comp Day", keeping my fingers crossed!

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