Everyone I know always gets “Meets Expectations “ on their reviews. There are only 3 options, Does not meet, meets, and the top one. I don’t know anyone that gets the top one either.
Thoughts?
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Almost everyone is Meets Expectations. They make PLs jump through hoops to get an Exceeds Expectations approved and almost no one should be getting a Does Not Meets who isn't already on a PIP.
Keep this in mind when you're thinking performance is taken into consideration for layoffs...meaning it isn't.
"And they've moved away from quantitative data to 'vibes' last year."
LMFAO!!!
And they wonder why this place is circling the drain...
The vast majority should be in Meets as it has a very broad range. If the leader is even remotely good at their job, an employee is never surprised by a poor review. The check-ins should reflect it, a Does Not Meet should have been receiving written counseling and expectations. Not necessarily a PIP, but could be.
I think it varies by department and teams and their budget. Some teams do allow multiple people to earn Exceeds and same person can earn it multiple years in a row.
But a person has to be meeting for their normal tasks and then also be doing extra assignments or projects.
Sometimes I wonder if it's how they make earning adjustments for old timers that came in at a lower pay than newer people. The newer people are still learning and the old timers can handle the extra load and get a little extra to boost.
Overall, i'd say 2-3% maybe. There is no goal to get say 5%...
This varies by team size and department. There is no forced distribution. But as a leader you can’t give multiple does not meet or exceeds without being able to strongly defend it and yourself as a people leader.
A supervisor said they are only allowed to give one exceeds/yr and it can't be the same person twice. And they've moved away from quantitative data to 'vibes' last year. Criteria rolled out after all our numbers were in so we didn't know what to work toward. To get exceeds you have to do "stretch assignments. "