Red Alert Posted 19 June, 2012 Share Posted 19 June, 2012 I have my first ever appraisal at work tomorrow and have a self assessment sheet to fill in. I have never done anything like this before and have no idea what to say. In all honesty I have got by ok in my job and people have always praised my performances but this year a new guy has started and really overtaken me very quickly to make me look almost lazy. Not really sure how this is going to go tomorrow, anyone got any tips? Need to seem like I can improve without giving the impression that I have been half assing it for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepgar Posted 19 June, 2012 Share Posted 19 June, 2012 Use key words/phrases like "passionate about improving, always looking to improve. Areas for development" things like this says you are aware you may be lacking /not where you should be etc but says you are looking for ways to be better at what you do. It is very hard to be Self analytical but be honest and turn a negative in to a positve. If you can give examples of you have done ie extra reading, work showing (hard to say as I don't know what you do ) hope this he's abit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 19 June, 2012 Share Posted 19 June, 2012 I have my first ever appraisal at work tomorrow and have a self assessment sheet to fill in. I have never done anything like this before and have no idea what to say. In all honesty I have got by ok in my job and people have always praised my performances but this year a new guy has started and really overtaken me very quickly to make me look almost lazy. Not really sure how this is going to go tomorrow, anyone got any tips? Need to seem like I can improve without giving the impression that I have been half assing it for a while. Just talk about how impressive you are and print anything you've ever been sent (as you say people have praised you) to back your claim up. Mention areas you want to improve in and learn more about, not in a negative way, but positively i.e. you're not saying you're bad, but that you want to be even better or learn new skills. As for your perception on the new guy, you're probably right - you will be more "lazy" compared to him as he's new and wants to impress and you've settled in and have probably started to plod without realising it. Up your game! Get in 10 minutes earlier, be a little more proactive and use your experience of the company/role to your advantage - that's where you have more strength over the new boy. If that fails, smack him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted 19 June, 2012 Share Posted 19 June, 2012 When I read this sort of bollax I'm really glad I'm retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 19 June, 2012 Share Posted 19 June, 2012 Say how glad you are that you are on the bus / in the building and you'll do fine. Mention that you are more of a lallana than a Johnno quick type team player and drop a hint as to how well Johnno quick did last year compared to AL. Also any quotes from The Art of War or whatever it was will do you no harm either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffo Posted 21 June, 2012 Share Posted 21 June, 2012 take a fiver in and place it on the table and say you are going to turn away for 2 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 June, 2012 Share Posted 21 June, 2012 Give them a link to this thread. Sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Alert Posted 21 June, 2012 Author Share Posted 21 June, 2012 Thanks lads, went better than expected. I was thanked for letting the new boy take a leading role to help bring his confidence up and apparently they think I have been largely responsible for him being to the standard he is now. Not that I agree with any of that but I got an extra small % payrise for the extra workload I have taken on. Can't say I agree with much of that, but they were very enthusiastic about my work so I wasn't going to complain. Ps. The Art of War references did not help when they thought I was planning on starving the office until they surrendered. Though my constant "on the bus, in the building, control the controllables " did seem to help, cheers Nige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 21 June, 2012 Share Posted 21 June, 2012 Thanks lads, went better than expected. I was thanked for letting the new boy take a leading role to help bring his confidence up and apparently they think I have been largely responsible for him being to the standard he is now. Not that I agree with any of that but I got an extra small % payrise for the extra workload I have taken on. Can't say I agree with much of that, but they were very enthusiastic about my work so I wasn't going to complain. Ps. The Art of War references did not help when they thought I was planning on starving the office until they surrendered. Though my constant "on the bus, in the building, control the controllables " did seem to help, cheers Nige. My Bill is in The Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted 21 June, 2012 Share Posted 21 June, 2012 Under weaknesses you've put eczema Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu0x Posted 21 June, 2012 Share Posted 21 June, 2012 Not at all, To some extent, Very much so, Don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted 21 June, 2012 Share Posted 21 June, 2012 Not at all, To some extent, Very much so, Don't know. Don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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