Hello everyone, it has been kind quite some time since my last blog I know you have been waiting so let’s just get to the point Appraisal Interviews. I will be writing about some of the stories that I have heard about the appraisals at the different organizations. I will be covering this in 3 installments.
I have my friends in organizations where appraisal is considered to be terrorizing. This particular is an interesting & has many lessons to be learned in it. I know of a particular organization which would start rumors of downsizing or say right sizing from the starting of the fourth quarter. The justification being that business is not blooming and Blah! You might never actually hear this information directly from any top person in the organization but they will give you a picture with the paralanguage gestures. Well let me give you an example there is always a friend in every group who earns well enough and might be funny as hell but he/she will is always forget his wallet, ATM Card, might have the biggest available currency & ends up never paying for anything or provides the least contribution.
This friend either gets cutoff from the group or gets noted for his reputation. The thing with the organization is Appraisals comes once a year & people who have worked for at least 6 months are applicable for this. So in order for you to notice above behavior you have to be working for the same organization for at least approximately a year (6 months before & 4-5 months of waiting for arrears).
These organizations give the impression that the organization is not growing or this particular segment is not growing & we might need to cut some budgets. It creates an internal sense of insecurity that whether or not I might be laid off & suddenly all the focus is shifted from getting a promotion to saving your job.
The above case might not suit your organization but trust me I have seen people getting paranoid and the worst thing is they don’t even get a support or clear picture from their managers. Here I would like to point out here that every professional needs to do a SWOT Analysis on himself, find out his weakness & strengths. Identify his opportunities & mitigate the threats. The easiest of the four is identifying opportunities. How? It is quite simple “Every problem is an opportunity of being solving”. It’s been there since your first day everyone talks about it but no one has the time, energy or actual will to do something about it.
If you have done your homework on yourself, you will have an idea about your stance? Are you in a demanding position or is it best to keep your mouth shut. “Everyone is Replaceable” it’s just a matter of time what you need to know and convince your managers is that it is not your time now or in the above case if you do a little research you might know that it’s just a scheme to prevent a mass turnover, making sure that employees settle for less than they deserve and most of all make them glad that at least they didn't got FIRED. Some might even go as far to take the credit for saving your job or someone else's. I know some of such “people” (I had to replace the word managers with people).
So know your strengths & convert your opportunities into initiatives which brings us to topic of 2nd instalment SHOWCASING. Till next time do let me know about you thoughts and comments and your takes on appraisals.