New and Improved Employee Self-Evaluation Form: How to get honest answers from employees (for once)
Hi. Human Resources hobbyist Joe Donatelli here. The end of the year is approaching and if you work for a company you might find yourself up for your annual review soon. The employee self-evaluation form, in which an employee grades his or her own performance, has long been a staple of such reviews, providing employers with a useless snapshot of employee performance while giving employees an opportunity to lie, exaggerate and obfuscate on a level only a congressman can properly appreciate.
Here’s a thought.
Why not tweak the dreaded employee self-evaluation?
And why not start by framing the questions in a manner that takes into account the way employees actually answer questions about themselves? It would save everyone a lot of time! It could look something like this…
Employee Performance Self-Evaluation Employee Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Employee Title: ______________________________________________________________________ Supervisor: ______________________________________________________________________ Hire Date: __________ Review Date: ________ 1. Job Knowledge: Please confidently state in the space below that you have acquired all of the skills necessary to do your job with aplomb. Note your ability to keep current in your specific field, how little supervision you require and your overall understanding of how the job relates to other personnel in the organization, specifically your supervisor and the senior executive with whom he browns his nose. Surround your comments with stars, if necessary.
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Check one:
__ Excellent
__ Magnificent
__ Superb
__ Marvelous
__ Extraordinary
2. Productivity: Humbly let us know that you complete all assignments in a timely manner. Include an example of a task you intentionally under-promised and over-delivered on recently, the memory of which will still be fresh in your supervisor’s head. Close with a comment about how the whole organization would be a little more productive on Tuesday mornings if Monday Night Football didn’t run so late, gosh-darn-it-all.
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Check one:
__ Excellent
__ Magnificent
__ Superb
__ Marvelous
__ Extraordinary
3. Communication Skills: Brag about your ability to communicate concepts as complicated as Einstein’s Theory of Relativity via one single PowerPoint slide. Give an example of a time you listened to something your supervisor said and repeat that thing he or she said in the space below. Mention what an asset you are in external communication with clients; do not mention your desire to work for one of these clients.
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Check one:
__ Excellent
__ Magnificent
__ Superb
__ Marvelous
__ Extraordinary
4. Teamwork: Explain how you have helped build a positive team environment by occasionally bringing donuts to work. Give an example of a time when you valued team success over individual interests, but do not mention that pointing this out negates the altruistic nature of the act. Bring up that nice thing you did for the intern once.
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Check one:
__ Excellent
__ Magnificent
__ Superb
__ Marvelous
__ Extraordinary
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