Recently a friend of mine was unhappy with his appraisal as he thinks he deserved more because of good amount of hard work he had put in. Well that probably is a case with most of the employees these days especially in IT companies because of the inflating salaries causing huge expectations.
My suggestion to him was "it could be possible that your boss does not know how exactly you are putting in a lot of effort and you must focus not only on the effort but also on the visualization of that effort to the concerned person(boss)". This in other words means projecting the work done is as important as doing the work.
Here is one good example.
"The Taj Group of Hotels once faced a peculiar business problem. The mirror in the hotels’ bathrooms became misty after a hot shower and people invariably used a towel to wipe off the mist to see their face. So, Taj put a heat source behind the mirrors, which prevented the mist from forming. But when customers were asked what they felt about the change in the mirrors, they hadn’t even noticed it. Then Taj came up with the idea of putting the heat source only on a square portion of the mirrors, which showed the face of people. Mist was allowed to settle on the remaining parts of the mirror. The customers found this really innovative"
Found this example on agencyfaqs as a part of Harish Bijoor article. I think it is an excellent example of what is done may not be noticed as long as it is not planned accordingly. This stands equally true @ work as well.
It is not that your supervisor wants you to chase them all day to serve them in sycophancy but then you are not the only one whom he supervises and just as you don't know what all he does in those 9-12 hours he is at work, he may not know about you either. Though you not knowing enough about his efforts does not matter but vice versa will impact you. So keep this in mind when you go in for an appraisal next time.
Anyways no matter what your supervisor gives you, it will not be sufficient for long enough! isn't it ?
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Appraisals are pure crap n those who believe in them are more than idiots! say what?
Do not think I'm a pessimist but this is what I feel! Its a wrong way to check one's performance.
Dont quite agree with you.
Appraisal as a concept is possibly the most important way to reward, promote, appreciate people.
The wrong way would be certain appraisal processes in comparison to others.
What's the right way to check one's performance?? do suggest in case possible!!
The idea of my write up was to highlight the example as I found it as an amazing example of making the actions visible and merely usable.
The appraisals was another extension that I was trying to add into.
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