bluescat48 writes:
I have never seen any rating, anywhere that was objective. When I was back in the Army, I received ratings semi annually or whenever a new supervisor came in. It seemed that if I got along with the supervisor I got high ratings but if I did not get along well with a supervisor I got low ratings even tho I did the same amount and quality of work. Ratings are going to be subjective since humans, who are sujective beings are doing the ratings.
I'm a hopeless optimist when it comes to believing I'll be fairly evaluated for my work, but here's a true and very recent story. Upheavals in the computer industry drove a reorganization at my company about three years ago that found me reporting to a new boss. I worked like crazy the first year to create a good impression. lots of unpaid overtime, and received an average assessment. The second year I slowed way down figuring it wasn't going to make any difference (in essence, I worked a normal week most weeks) and got a much better assessment. And as far as I know, my boss likes me and I like her. Go figure.
I stopped trying to make sense of this stuff a long time ago. Annual performance assessments represent our best attempt at putting a rational, objective structure onto an inherently (in many fields) subjective process.
--Percy
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