Performance Reviews

Performance reviews. Gotta love ‘em. You trot into the boss’s office so she/he can tell you all your strengths (whew) and your weaknesses and you can work diligiently to refocus your efforts to be all your company dreams you can be. You know that your pay is tied to performance (exceptions apply) so it can be really stressful. But here’s my question…why don’t we hear how we’re doing all year long? Wouldn’t it be more productive and less traumatic to work on one strength at a time? And shame on us if we don’t know if our companies, clients, constituents are happy with our work. Right?

Parent – teacher conferences. Performance reviews on our 1) parenting/management skills 2) kids’ abilities 3) kids’ ability/choice to behave when you’re not around. Wow. Scary stuff. It’s a wonder that we don’t all go into these conferences with our guards up. In all seriousness, I like conference time. I like hearing confirmation from the boys’ teachers about what they are doing well and what they might not be doing quite as well. But no surprises for me. I’ve always heard exactly what I expected. But that’s not the case with lots of parents. Shame on us if we don’t know how are kids are doing in school all year. Right?