What is a Performance Review
A performance review is not just about assessing an employee's capabilities, but is also about maintaining a goodwill with the employee and motivate him to do even better than before. So there are some criteria preset (listed below) for an employer before he starts writing a review for his employee's performance.
Structuring a review for overall job performance and additional responsibilities of the employee
Identifying employee strength and weakness
Designing a rating scale
Employee's contribution towards research and development
Technical skill set: current and updated
Setting goals for a performance review
Employee comments
But before reading a sample, go through these ratings defined for the sample performance evaluation for an employee working with IT industry.
Exceeds All (EA)
Possesses excellent skill set on programming languages and testing
Extremely time conscious and highly reliable
Deliverance of good quality code and test reports on time
Handling client calls efficiently
Excellent analytical skills for problem solving
Taking initiatives for group activities
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
Clarity in presentations delivered
Requires no supervision
All goals met (9/10)
Exceeds Most (EM)
A good technical skill set
Meeting deadlines
Good communication skills
Good time consciousness
Dedicated in solving problems and quite reliable
Taking initiatives for group activities
Good Presentation skills
Requires little supervision
Goals met (7/10)
Meets All (MA)
Skill set is good but there is scope for honing them
Delivery code on time, but with a lot of effort and resources
Good time consciousness, but needs to be more confident about taking initiatives
Required to improve on verbal communication, during client calls
Presentation skills to be improved
Requires a little supervision
Goals met (5/10)
Meets Some (MS)
Skill set needs to be updated
Code quality to be made better and reports should be concise
Lack of time consciousness
Deadlines to be met, yet
Communication skills (both verbal and written) needs to be worked upon
Analytical skills to be honed
Lack of initiative in group activities
Lack of presentation skills
Requires maximum supervision
Goals met (3/10)
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