Re: Annual Self Appraisal forms and all this (censored)

Short answer is, just take the questions as seriously as possible and give honest answers. And then take a long, hot, cleansing shower :)

Another idea is, you could answer the questions in an essay form, sprinkling footnotes 1 throughout the essay, indicating which "point" you are addressing in that particular part of the essay. I don't know why, but for some reason this seems less degrading than answering the questions in a "point by point" way with a paragraph for each numbered question. Actually, I do know why. It credits you with having the ability to synthesize complex ideas into a whole which is greater than its parts. You could even explain that you suggest that the "annual self appraisal" be changed to encourage employees to answer in essay rather than "point by point" paragraph form.5.

("5. Innovation (product or process improvements, problem solving, advancements, etc.)" Where the process being innovated on is suggested improvement in the self-assessment form.)

thomas.

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Re^2: Annual Self Appraisal forms and all this (censored)
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jan 20, 2005 at 12:53 UTC

No, you shouldn't be honest. At all.

These things will be filed with your paper trail. However good your current standing is, writing about failures of your own on such a form creates skeletons in the closet that might be pulled out to be used against you two years down the line when an unrelated disagreement puts you in a position of adversity.

Pile the praise on yourself. Don't talk about failures.

(Again, this assumes a large corporate setting. In a small shop with good atmosphere and direct wires between everyone a formal process like this is out of place.)

Makeshifts last the longest.

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