Missed Opportunity
Adrian and I have gathered some great (and not so great) stories from readers to share with everyone. Here’s a story of a sorely-missed opportunity for some great recognition. Performance reviews are a great time to really build up your employees and let them know that you’ve noticed their achievements over the past six months or year. Don’t let it slip by like this boss did:
I work for a company that is, unfortunately, suffering some very hard times right now. I’ve worked here for over two decades and have great loyalty for the company and high hopes for its full recovery yet we have many hurdles to overcome. Last year, it came time for my year-end performance review with my boss. I had spent considerable time documenting the various projects I had worked on throughout the year, the success I had achieved along with the feedback (all positive) I had received from my clients. I forwarded the documentation to my boss ahead of time so that he could review it prior to our meeting.
The day of our meeting, I sat down and my boss informed me that he had not had time to review my documentation but he had not heard anything negative about my work during the year so that was good enough for him. He dismissed me. My annual performance review had taken less than 2 minutes! So much for feeling appreciated! 🙁
Thankfully, I’m no longer working for him.
-Candy from Chicago
This is a great example of why people don’t leave their companies…they leave their managers.
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