More is More: One Voice on Employee Evaluations isn’t Enough
Having one person in charge of your future and your employee evaluations doesn’t seem fair does it? It’s not. The more people you can involve, the more accurate an evaluation will be.
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This is why 360 degree reviews give you the proper feedback
you are your boss are seeking. This means none of their strengths or weaknesses are missed. They’re evaluated by the supervisors who manage them and the teammates who work beside them.
“The best way to correct this is to involve a diverse group of people in the evaluation process to water down individual bias,” wrote Derek Thompson at www.theatlantic.com.
“One-on-one evaluations can feel personal. Groups critiquing groups isn’t just more constructive; but also, it’s a realistic way to evaluate systems and workflow, which are often as important as individual merit in larger organizations.”
The main problem with being evaluated by one person is the output is too weighed down by the previous working relationship between the reviewer and the reviewed.
Also, if someone gets a bad evaluation from one person (as opposed to a 360 review from a team of people), it’s very easy for the employee to feel personally attacked or lambasted by their reviewer. This leads to grudges and poisons morale.
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