Lame middle Manager
My Appraisal:

Him: 'I see you put down 10 for Quark skills'
Me: 'Yes'
Him: 'You can't put down a ten, you have to put a nine'
Me: 'So what do I have to work on to get a ten'
Him: ' Well..nothing..'
Me: ' So if I can't improve any more then surely that's a ten'
Him: ' But we can't give tens'
Me: ' I am the fastest most accurate operator here by your own figures. I know the app inside out and train your new starts on it. What do you want me to learn?'
Him" It's not that..we just can't give tens out on appraisals as you then have nothing to work towards.'
me:' So what do I need to work on'

continues ad infinitum.

Familiar?
( BadBadman saw an incorrect comma placement on, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 13:38, 4 replies)

Oh so familiar.
We aren't allowed to give 70% to essays: it has to go to 69 or 75, because... oh, I dunno.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 13:45, closed)

hear hear!
They do that numerical shit on purpose. Give yourself ten and you're a sociopath. Give yourself anything less than 10 and you're admitting you don't deserve a payrise
(frankspencer, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 14:20, closed)

i tick
everything at maximum on our pre-appraisal self appraisal form. That way, they only like to knock you down a point, rarely 2. In many cases they agree its a 10, either way you get 9's or 10's. Must be working cos I'm mostly shit at my job but get 8-10% payrises annually.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 14:52, closed)

out of 10?
Not appraisals but an interview for a job I didn't want:

Him: "How would you rate yourself at Oracle?"
Me: "Oh, very good."
Him: "Out of 10?"
Me: "Oh, 7"
Him: "Well, thats not that good."
Me: "Well, I assume 10 is the guy who masterminded and designed Oracle, and 9 is the guys who worked on it, and 8 is people who have worked with Oracle at my level for longer than I have. So 7, yeah..."
Him: "..."
(Jeno, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 14:58, closed)