Every person is familiar with the feeling, which occurs when it’s one’s turn to receive progress report from the teacher. One might think that they are through with school progress reports but this is not the truth. Employee performance evaluations are similar to progress cards. They are used to evaluate your performance at work. The employee’s promotion, salary increment and other benefits depend on the employee performance reports. This is the reason that most of us are not comfortable when it is time to receive these reports. To avoid this fear about employee performance evaluations it is necessary to be well versed with the evaluation process. Some believe that the objective of the evaluation process is to improve communication and performance and at the same time it increases team spirit and coordination at workplace. One can also be prepared for the evaluation by filing or preparing a list of achievements. One can also ask about the doubts or queries about the jobs during the interview. If not achievements, one should at least list in what all fields you have made improvements since the last evaluation.

If one feels that employee performance evaluations are unjust the employee can respond to it. One should try to be patient and wait till they receive a formal report. If you still find the report to be unfair, take an appointment with person who has reviewed your performance and discuss the issues in the meeting. One should make sure that each and every step is properly documented in writing. This will work as a proof in case required. So, one should not feel scared while confronting a performance evaluation as they are given every opportunity to discuss doubts with superiors. It becomes easy to deal with a negative report if one has a positive mind set and take it as opportunity to learn something new.