Fin 320 week 3 discussion
About six and a half years ago, my old company gave me a performance assessment.
Three months after I started my job, I had a review, and during it, my boss handed me a sheet of
paper and rated me on a scale of 1 to 5 for a variety of talents. Since the year was always listed at
the bottom of all forms, the form hadn't been revised since 1998. I received a score of 5 across
the board, and neither "further remarks" nor a chat were included. After the four minutes were
over, I was given a copy to sign and one to keep, and I was congratulated by being told
"excellent work." After reading that evaluation, I realized how unlikely it was that I would get
noticed in this organization because it was the complete opposite of useful and efficient. I did
have some idea of how I performed because I received all 5s, but I had no idea what I needed to
improve on or pay attention to. I thought it was really lazy since I couldn't understand how they
were evaluating my strengths or faults. After that, I stayed for more than 6 years without getting
another one. In the past two decades, I've worked for a number of firms, but I only recall this
appraisal and one before it. I fully concur that evaluations are frequently pointless, particularly
since the company regularly gives them little consideration. To sum up, I believe that the reviews
I've received in the past might have been a lot clearer and more helpful than they were. A better
cultural basis, more frequent reviews, more consistent feedback from management, and talent
rewards were all new keys to success that would have improved my circumstances. These things
would have given me the impression that my company respected and saw me. I never received
constructive criticism; instead, it was almost always critical. This greatly aggravated my
relationship with my managers. They were enormously benefited by the job I was doing, yet
every error was scrutinized under a microscope. Because of the extreme split among the workers,
it frequently felt as though each department was a separate business. There was no company
culture to speak of. I could have been more successful in my role and become a more valuable
resource to my prior employers had they used just a few of the new success secrets, which my
former bosses didn't.
