I fucking hate '1-2-1s', appraisals, and 'balanced scorecards'. What a steaming pile of turd.
Our place is a fucking joke. At the end of the year you'll get a 'grading'. The underlying scoring system hasn't changed in years - it's 1 (shit) to 5 (too good to be working here) but they keep rewording what each number means to lessen the blow. For example a 2 used to be 'partially met expectations' but now it's 'developing performer'. I fucking hate it.

But the most annoying thing is that your grading isn't actually based on how well you've done - it's how well you've done in relation to everyone else in your 'peer group'. So if you're in a team of high flyers then you're fucked. Similarly if you're in a team of half-wits you're quids in. The killer is though that there is a bell curve showing how the scores are to be distributed.

This involves all the managers getting together and having an argument over who gets ranked where.

I've had conversations with my boss that went like "Well Rev, you've done really well this year. Lots of good work and there's nothing I can really fault you on. Of course we haven't decided on the gradings yet so just to let you know that someone has to get the 2 and it might be your turn this year."

And they expect this to motivate us. Cunts.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:38, 1 reply, 10 years ago)

Ours is similar.
But it links in to pay rises, from a central pot which is decided annually. So you can do shit-hot one year and get fuck all, but mediocre and get lucky.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:43, Reply)

Yeah, like payrises exist

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:45, Reply)

Public sector cunts going on strike because of a 'derisory' 1% pay increase
I got fucking 0.75% and that was after being rated a 'good performer'. If I'd got a 'developing performer' I'd have got fuck all.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:47, Reply)

You're right, we should race to the bottom

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:53, Reply)

Bagsie first go
You can all have chocolate custard
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:54, Reply)

I had a small, piss-taking pay rise this year.
So SUCK ON MY ALMOST INSIGNIFICANT SUCCESS
( Kroney, Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:47, Reply)

I got fuck all

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:51, Reply)

^sucking it^

( Kroney, Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:58, Reply)

Suckling from the garlicky teat

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:59, Reply)

Exactly this.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 19 Aug 2014, 10:45, Reply)