tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post7681234761287727282..comments2023-10-10T10:11:26.749-05:00Comments on ANDY'S PLACE...: First "Evaluation" in the can...Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-56415764329686309652010-09-01T17:24:01.499-05:002010-09-01T17:24:01.499-05:00Well, I can only say that you can't possibly g...Well, I can only say that you can't possibly get the full measure of the pain and suffering of employee evaluations until you have to DO THEM on other people....<br /><br />Somehow you have to navigate the process in such a way that you maintain your ability to work with the person while providing them with effective feedback about both their strengths and weaknesses. I've been "the boss" many, many times in my career, and there are few things I enjoy less than employee evaluations.<br /><br />One thing I enjoy less is working out salary increases and bonuses based on the results of those evaluations...<br /><br />BTW, I just had my own mid-year evaluation yesterday. Coincidental that is... I told my boss much the same thing you did...<br /><br />She's a wonderful boss though. I could not ask for a better boss.CosmicConservativehttp://www.cosmicconservative.com/weblognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-15773097589605839322010-08-24T14:46:32.498-05:002010-08-24T14:46:32.498-05:00Evaluations are so subjective.
One November, I ga...Evaluations are so subjective. <br />One November, I gave a new teacher two folders of student work I had used for a previous year's goal.<br />She was teaching my old curriculum,and needed a measurable goal statement, with how it would be accomplished. <br />After her evaluation in April, she returned the projects to me and told me her eval scores...they were even better than mine had been, and she said the principle loved the exemplars. <br />Problem was... she hadn't used any of them...just bull shitted him.<br />... pissed me off.nancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-5763476078719458612010-08-24T13:16:33.454-05:002010-08-24T13:16:33.454-05:00Yeah... evals are FUN, aren't they? I used to...Yeah... evals are FUN, aren't they? I used to have mixed emotions about evals in the Air Force... once you reach a certain level they become "write your own" affairs, i.e., the boss comes up and sez "your APR/OER is due, gimmee some bullets"... which is code for "write it." The system is corrupt when it gets to that point. That only applies for normal-to-excellent performers, tho. Screw up and the management WILL write an eval themselves. You don't want that...<br /><br />It was all over the map in the civilian world for me, tho... some were worthwhile, some were wastes of time and money. ALL of 'em sucked.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-60720397193675900882010-08-24T08:34:41.367-05:002010-08-24T08:34:41.367-05:00I'll ditto on the "evaluations suck"...I'll ditto on the "evaluations suck" thing. I used to think they sucked when I was a young lawyer -- I dreaded having that behind-closed-doors session with a big bad partner. (Especially with one particular big bad partner -- he was the very definition of "bad." I should've sued his rear end.)<br /><br />Then I entered the world of academia. In the ivory tower, you're evaluated every time you turn around! Peer review, student evaluations, self-evaluation and "improvement plans." Lordy -- sometimes you feared going to the ladies' room for fear you'd have to evaluate your performance!<br /><br />I prefer being a volunteer -- the pay sucks, but you usually get praised (or at least thanked!)_ instead of having to go through an inquisition.<br /><br />Glad you're over the hump, though.<br /><br />I do miss Humpday Hotties, though. Sometimes.<br /><br /><i>Got her giggle box turned over</i>. Heh. Great image.Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-88798919816779373652010-08-24T07:28:54.713-05:002010-08-24T07:28:54.713-05:00You guys are making me giggle here. Cricket, I...You guys are making me giggle here. Cricket, I'm certainly learning a bunch for an old gray-haired guy who thought he knew just about everything.<br /><br />Man...I'm chuckling, and I can't stop. Thanks for the input. Nyuk...Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-13410766250369012882010-08-24T07:13:47.235-05:002010-08-24T07:13:47.235-05:00Heh, heh. Well, you got through it and that is wh...Heh, heh. Well, you got through it and that is what matters.<br /><br />For years I taught SAT prep. Over time, the company started to move from "a bunch of college kids" to something more in the corporate image. Anyway, toward the end of my time, they started with official evaluations. Before that, we just had clients evaluate us, which was reasonably ok. On the other hand, you could wind up in a position where you rec'd a poor eval when the kid didn't do a damn thing you told him <i>and</i> the parents were informed of this all along. I mean, we're tutors, not <i>magicians.</i><br /><br />Anyway, when they brought on the official ones, we also had to complete a self-evaluation beforehand. Now smartass is something we must have in common. I don't remember all the questions and my responses, but one was "What could you do to improve your customer service?" My answer: Arrive in black-tie bearing a tray of still-warm, home-baked cookies."<br /><br />We had to rate ourselves on a scale of 1-9 in a bunch of categories, with 5 being "meets expectations." Of course, I gave myself all 9s. Hell with 'em. Heh, heh.<br /><br />Here's the funny thing. The <i>company</i> gave me an 8/9 - pretty good, no? Even so, I could see the writing on the wall just from the new vibe at the place. Sure enough, that marked the beginning of the end, mostly because:<br /><br />After 10 years, my rate had gone too high. they could hire a new college kid for less than half of what they were paying me.<br /><br />And, that new college kid would <i>look</i> like a smart, Ivy-leaguer, not a fat, old guy with gray in his beard. Image, image....<br /><br />Still, I'm glad I didn't brown nose 'em on my self-eval. I'd regret it now if I'd exerted myself to try and avoid the inevitable.<br /><br />Well anyway, hope your new thing works out for you. A cold one at day's end always helps ;-)Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584174478393760131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-51663625561407930802010-08-24T06:44:03.615-05:002010-08-24T06:44:03.615-05:00Lou, that's funny! Thanks for the early am ch...Lou, that's funny! Thanks for the early am chuckle. Too young...<br /><br />Nyuk...Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-60326949433492019222010-08-24T06:35:50.379-05:002010-08-24T06:35:50.379-05:00I haven't been in the work place now for close...I haven't been in the work place now for close to 20 years. If Toby evaluated my "farmhand" job, I would be fired for sure. But I do remember the days of teacher evaluations or dog and pony shows to be more to the point. I hated them. Some visits to my classroom were planned - in other words - put on a good show. Some evaluations were surprise visits. No matter what, they have to find something negative to say to justify their jobs. One ass-principal said that my slacks made me look too young (I was 26, and her slacks looked like she bought them at Goodwill). The funny part was that everyone knew who could teach and who could not, but rarely does a teacher get firedBag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-37335639095333014122010-08-24T06:14:10.752-05:002010-08-24T06:14:10.752-05:00Yeah, evaluations suck.
NOW YOU TELL ME! Nyuk......<i>Yeah, evaluations suck.</i><br /><br />NOW YOU TELL ME! Nyuk...<br /><br />The thing is that I felt like I was screwing the pooch during the whole deal, only to find out later that I was not.<br /><br />I guess it is "unfamiliarity" with the whole shebang that's got me bumfuzzled here initially. I'm trusting that I'll get to your stage of corporate maturity eventually. Or, at least in your ballpark of maturity.<br /><br />I know one thing...the next one isn't gonna trouble me as much as the first one.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-61590039933675498152010-08-23T23:15:46.953-05:002010-08-23T23:15:46.953-05:00Yeah, evaluations suck.
They keep changing them a...Yeah, evaluations suck.<br /><br />They keep changing them at the Evil Corporation ™ where I work.<br /><br />I quit worrying about them a long time ago. I was looking for work when I got that job, and I can just as easily be looking for work when I leave it.Basilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.com