Business writing

Uzair Tahir

BUAD-301-16

November 7, 2017

To: Helen Burns, HR Director

FROM: Uzair Tahir, Marketing Director

Date: November 7, 2017

Subject: Derrick Fryar Performance Review

Performance Appraisal for Derrick Fryar

Employee: Derrick Fryar

Job Title: Marketing Manager

Review period start: September, 2016

Review period end: August, 2017

Reviewer: Uzair Tahir

This performance appraisal talks about Derrick Fryar’s performance as a marketing manager. This review will focus on Derrick’s skills ranging from leadership to communication and teamwork. It will also discuss Derrick’s performance in regards to meeting his job requirements.

Communication: Needs work

Derrick displays good verbal skills, communicating clearly and concisely. However, Derrick requires improvements for written communication. Derrick fails to write using proper grammar techniques. Derrick also fails to spell check most of his written documents.

Job Knowledge: Meets requirement

Derrick uses his analytical skills to achieve financial goals. He stays on top of current developments that might impact his field. Derrick’s analytical skills and determination allows him to tackle unforeseen circumstances with ease. Derrick has shown exceptional decision-making skills during a few marketing projects. Derrick possesses the knowledge to distinguish his job from the job of others. Derrick is also an innovator who understands the current trends of marketing.

Teamwork: Exceeds requirement

Derrick shows exceptional skills working with others towards a common goal. For example, Derrick worked alongside his team to solve the December 30, 2016 crisis. He has also worked on 14 different projects throughout this review period and was acknowledged for two of those projects by fellow teammates.

Attendance: Meets requirement

Derrick is punctual and consistently on-time over the past year. He did miss a team meeting on March 16, 2017 without a proper excuse. However, Derrick meets all the deadlines as promised. He also schedules time off according to company policy.

Summary:

This performance review indicates that Derrick has met or exceeded most of his job requirements. Derrick is passionate and shows great efforts towards building upon his skills. Based on Derrick’s performance over this period, he should be given a 5% raise.