I have no idea how it works at all.
I haven't been explicitly told I am doing badly.
If you get below expectations, do you get on a PIP?
I have been here for just 1 year and unsure where I stand really.
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I got a rating of below average at the end of 2022. I was put on a performance improvement plan at the beginning of 2023, even though my manager didn’t call it that. I was then let go in June.
@1ega+1o0oVCJH Wow, two years! You have no clue how it works. You left in August 2022 - was that part of the SIRP? They will tell you the mid terms are informal, but the quarterly reviews were more important that the final. Many people with TA final reviews in 2021 were then targeted for separation in 2022. There was no opportunity to improve performance or adjust priorities by year's end. The quarterly review was used to create justification for letting prior TAs go.
@1tly+1o0oVCJH I made TA in 2021. Access on August 22, 2022.
The end of the year review doesn't even matter.
LOL none of you have answered the OPs question.
I left Ford in August 2022 and was there for 2 years so I have some experience with this.
Unless things have changed, the review that "counts" is the end of year review. The mid year is simply a checkpoint. For me they were a total waste of time because tasks and goals the manager and I put in at the beginning of the year were not always the same as what I actually worked on (priorities change). Sometimes he asked me to fix this at the mid year checkpoint. Unless your manager has told you in a 1-on-1 that your performance needs improvement then I would not worry about it.
"I have been here for just 1 year and unsure where I stand really. " - ask your manager to have biweekly 1-on-1s with you if that is still being encouraged like it was back in 2022. In your 1-on-1, ask directly for feedback. That's what I used to do. How am I doing? What can I improve? What am I doing well that you wish me to continue doing? etc. Good luck.
You have to go online and see if any comments were actually written. Your manager may not have said anything. For years HR studies have determined that PRs are demotivating. The response is more frequent PRs and threat of layoff. And it is worse than that. If you do a good job on an assignment in many cases they are just stringing you along to get rid of you when you complete the assignment. I am just hoping to hold on for pension.
I was specifically told I was doing well. I got a raise.
Then I got axed in June.
Just don't participate in evaluation.
If they force you, sue
Your guess is as good as mine. I wasn’t even aware that we were being rated.
Nothing about the system of today is as good as it was years ago. Each year we saw the company, the industry, the country degrading. Old are timers fortunate to have gotten out with pensions.
2024 will likely be the last chance to turn it around.
Good luck.