Performance Appraisals
I enjoy the idea of performance appraisals. However, in my opinion, there will never be a system that will make this process perfect. It is great when the evaluators rate the person they're evaluating honestly but there are many times when this will not happen. There will always be people who complete the evaluations but not really think about what they are actually doing.
I recently had this experience. As a member of residence life on campus, our residents were given the opportunity to rate us. Overall, the number or response was not great but I managed to have 20 out of 34 residents of my floor complete the survey. That was considered to be great. Overall, I had very good results but when I looked at the breakdown of the specific rating, there was one thing that stood out. For the majority of the responses, I received a 4 or 5. However, in every question, I would receive a 2. That person may truly believe that is what I deserved but there are some that I know cannot possibly be true. There was one specific question that really stood out because 90% of the response was a 4 or 5 and then I saw the 2. It's either that person really does not know me or they just filled it out without thinking. Just to end this rambling, I think performance appraisals will only work if the person truly believes what they put down.
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