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Review of performance reviews

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By scooby
Contributed anonymously:

Here's a familiar story:



http://online.wsj.com/article/SB127093422486175363.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsFifth

"It's time to finally put the performance review out of its misery.

This corporate sham is one of the most insidious, most damaging, and yet most ubiquitous of corporate activities. Everybody does it, and almost everyone who's evaluated hates it. It's a pretentious, bogus practice that produces absolutely nothing that any thinking executive should call a corporate plus."


Why not let's form a committee, redesign the process, and make it "better" instead! Oh, I guess we just finished doing that...

Comments

Anonymous said…
Every "thinking executive" maintains a ranked RIF list of employees, just in case. This is how it is legally done.
4/12/2010 9:14 PM
Anonymous said…
A top post, relevant to LLNL, with one comment. 4 days later, nothing. No new posts elsewhere, either. Is anybody home here? Is this blog being served well (or at all) by its administrator?
4/16/2010 7:13 PM
scooby said…
Hey 7:13,
If you are not satisfied with the service I provide with this blog, please feel free to volunteer to help so we can both can serve the BLOG better.
If you do not wish to volunteer your efforts, please feel free to no longer visit.
Thank you for you input!
4/17/2010 8:04 PM
Anonymous said…
7:13 : It's not the moderators fault that LLNL/LANL employees recognize the performance reviews for the scam that they are, and are resigned to simply bending over on schedule.
4/18/2010 9:16 PM
Anonymous said…
Employees complaining about the review process? So what else is new.
4/21/2010 5:14 AM
Anonymous said…
It's not the moderators fault that LLNL/LANL employees recognize the performance reviews for the scam that they are, and are resigned to simply bending over on schedule.

April 18, 2010 9:16 PM

So you are saying that LLNL/LANL employees are spineless and don't deserve this blog or its moderator? I might tend to agree, but keep in mind, that was Doug Roberts' (the ex-LANL blog moderator) view, and look what happened to the LANL blog.
4/21/2010 8:18 PM
scooby said…
Hey! Calm down. No fights over me and your blog. It is our blog. I am just the keeper.
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