Help me with my employee self-evaluation?

In My Humble Opinion
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  1. Be sure and give details to how many of what patterns you have produced, for a total of X in each category. And: “My pass rate, according to X standards in the manual, is a one hundred percent no fail rate. I don’t submit an item for inspection unless it has passed the rigorous standards that are delineated on pp. XX of the XX manual. In addition to these criteria, I have imposed the following stringent measures to complement the training in order to save time in re-manufacturing process: a…b…”

  2. I still haven’t been trained to operate the D and E machines. I am very hopeful that I shall soon be given the opportunity to receive training on them, and to prove that I can be of further value to the company.

  3. I believe that I am the most productive member of this team. If my observations are correct, I out-produce everyone in the group by 20-300%, depending on the employee and on the items we’re working on. Expand on this.

  4. I don’t communicate overmuch with my co-workers. My serious demeanor is often, mistakenly, taken for reticence. I often so involve myself in the job that I am doing, (at school, the teachers called this a ‘reflector’ learning style) that I may not be cognizant of a person speaking casually to me.

  5. I am constantly working at self improvement. I am constantly asking my friends, co-workers and acquaintances for input on my behavior, to see what sort of image I project, and as a reality check, to make sure that I don’t miss the mark. I shall also ask my supervisors for input on a more regular basis.
    Hopefully, this will give you some junk to incorporate into your ‘reflective’ response.

Best wishes,
hh

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I don’t think that you have been in the position of a dead end job, with no room for improvement, where they have these self evaluations. I have. Think state colleges. That is where I was. They asked me for 10 words to describe my performance. *You *do that. I talked to my boss, who was also a buddy of mine, and he sat there coldfaced and told me no less than ten would do. OK, Odyssean it is, for the number ten word to describe myself. Self aggrandizing, yep. There is some bitterness, sure, at bureaucratic wastes of time and energy.
I had to sit at another eval meeting for one hour, and the bottom line was ‘good job, no raise’. That was fine, but most of the hour was reviewing my benefits, which every employee already knew by heart. Telling how much the company was paying that was not cash. Did they think I was a moron? It took a whole hour to retell me what I could read on my paystub. It was very insulting, to be taken step by step through all that the ''company was doing for me, that wasn’t measurable in a monetary payout." Patronizing. Oh, I was also told that the reason for the no raise is because one had to meet certain criteria for it. The criteria was only something that somebody two or three levels above me could do: increasing teh college’s productivity, or cash flow.
The next year, the boss finally saw what a stupid and counterproductive measure the eval meeting was. He then went to a better job, and his successor started all over again.
If there is bitterness, it may serve to ask what the root cause of it was.
Best wishes,
hh

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Lets face facts, I don’t remember what I was working on 11 months ago so how can I expect my manager to for me and the 12 other people he’s evaluating.

I keep a file that I put notes into as I complete each project throughout the year. When the time for self evaluations comes up I can choose my top 2 or 3 of the year and write a couple lines about it. For the weakness sections I can talk about something that went wrong a few months ago that I’ve already fixed.

In my last job our evaluation program was online and available all year round so I could actually put the comments in throughout the year.

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Use numbers! Be specific! Everyone is going to say they “work hard.” Give your manager some hard numbers that prove you are a good employee. Obviously, he has something in mind for you. Here is what I would put:

  1. My most successful job accomplishments since last performance period are:

My greatest accomplishment is achieving a 100% pass rate during my first year at this company. My output is consistently of the highest quality. I have successfully mastered machines A, B and C and look forward to the chance to learn to operate machines D and E.

  1. My least successful job accomplishments:

I regret that I have not had the opportunity to train on machines D or E. I believe that learning to use my skills at a wider variety of tasks would greatly increase my ability to contribute to this company.

  1. My key strengths are:

I have extremely high productivity, and consistently produce 20-300% more products than average. For example, when fulfilling the recent order for magic wizard capes, I produced 3040 in the course of 3 days.

  1. My weakest areas are:

I would like to develop deeper relationships with my co-workers. I can sometimes be a very serious person, and I am afraid that may be mistaken for unfriendliness.

  1. Actions I will take to improve my performance:

I will continue to focus on doing producing high volumes of high quality products. Furthermore, I would like to keep closer contact with my immediate supervisor and co-workers. Finally, I hope to have the chance to train on machines D and E.

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IMO, the big issue is what your realistic goals are in this job: are you just getting some cash while you avoid telling them that you’re looking for real work, or are you seriously trying to move up in this company? (I’m assuming, since you’re asking about your evaluation, that you’re not in the category of ‘they know this is temporary for me and are OK with that’).

If you’re in the first situation, you want to be as bland as possible in your review-- if you come off as too competent, they might agree that you’re overqualified and might decide to get rid of you before you quit.
If you’re in the second, then by all means don’t be afraid to toot your own horn a bit. You’ve got to decide, based on the local politics and personalities, how much and in what way to complain about the little cheese not giving you oppportunities, but remember you can play it as ‘Gosh, I’d like the chance to be trained on this… I don’t know why Little Cheese keeps avoiding it’ if you don’t want to be a trouble maker.

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Excellent suggestion. I write stuff on my online calendar and review it to see what I did.

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I’ve seen asshole employees and asshole managers, so I don’t think we have enough information to make a judgment here. Not talking to a report for 4 months makes me lean towards the manager being a jerk, though.

That’s true, and rucciface seems to be trying to be more useful by learning the new machines, without a lot of support.

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I haven’t seen ass kissing work very well, except maybe if the boss is a total moron. In which case you want to get out anyway. What does work is understanding the bosses goals, how they mesh with the goals of the company, and do things to support both.

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No raises are pretty standard everywhere these days. But I think you are missing something. No room for improvement means in your current workplace, not necessarily in your career. There is always room for improvement in your skills and network. If you are going to get the same non-evaluation and non-raise no matter what you do, spend some time advancing yourself and making connections.
Maybe I could have gotten a few bucks more by ignoring the outside world and concentrating on my company only, but maybe not. (Not that I’m complaining.) But the time I spent looking outside gave me a great network, one good enough so that I think I could have gotten a job if I had needed one - and it is possible that the perception of my management that I could leave at any time helps me not have to. It also helps that I’m the only person who knows how to do lots of things (even more so when others got laid off.) But, most important, I enjoy work. To a large extent I work for myself even in a big company. But you said you were in this job. Do you have a better one now? (I hope.)

So, if they pretend to pay you, pretend to work, and have fun the rest of the time, fun that will help you leave if you want to.
Did HR read you the benefits, or did your boss do this? I know that a lot of places want you to know how much they spend on you, but I’ve been reading about performance reviews for a long time and that’s one of the worst stories ever.

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“Came to kick ass and chew bubblegum. Out of bubblegum.”

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Nicely done. :smiley: