Annual review

lady1964

Looking for some advice please.

I've recently had my annual review & I am really disappointed with my line managers comments. A few of the things brought up hadn't been mentioned to me prior to the review & my interim review 6 months ago was good.

I really don't want to go into details, suffice to say I disagree with some of what has been written. As yet, I haven't signed it, am I within my rights to refuse to sign it? My manager is meeting with me next week presumably to discuss the review and I plan to politely dispute some of the comments.

Advice would be appreciated, thanks

asajj

You are welcome to take up with HR if you are unhappy with the comments but I'm not sure what you expect to get out of it. You may refuse to sign it but they will probably just note it and say you refused to sign after it was presented to you.

Takeaway_Addict

asajj wrote: »

You are welcome to take up with HR if you are unhappy with the comments but I'm not sure what you expect to get out of it. You may refuse to sign it but they will probably just note it and say you refused to sign after it was presented to you.

Take what up with HR? Its the line manager as the OP said she needs to deal with.

Timpu

Do you have a comments box on the review paperwork or is it a 'sign here' and that's it? (All those I have ever done have a concluding comments box.)

If you have a box, I'd comment about how you plan to work through those development points you agree with and keep a dignified silence on those you disagree with. I'd then set up quarterly meetings with the boss so you don't get any surprises next year. I regularly catch my boss to discuss work matters and as an informal aside ask 'How am I doing, do I need a kick up the bum on anything?'

I'm not sure how things work for you but think carefully about the wording of any objectives for 2016.

HTH

jobbingmusician

I would add a note that you appreciate the evaluations, but that some of the comments come as a surprise to you, and you would also appreciate regular supervision being set up so that your improvement can be monitored and you can work to improve your performance throughout the year, rather than just addressing faults annually. (Probably not very well put, but something like that.)

asajj

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Take what up with HR? Its the line manager as the OP said she needs to deal with.

If you are unhappy with your manager's comments on your annual review, you can contact HR and state your reasons. Pretty standard procedure in established companies. OP's line manager is unlikely to change the comments. So either she will accept it or will go to HR to discuss it with them.

lady1964

Part of the problem is that my line manager isn't based where I am, rather visits maybe once a fortnight, occasionally once a week. For some of the comments, I think the information has come from my colleagues and not from the line managers observations.
I am having issues with my colleagues and have been for a couple of months & I suspect, again without going into details, that they are looking to manage me out of the company. The comments on my review are, in my opinion, untrue and these are what are causing me stress to the point I'm considering my options.
Thanks for the responses, I will give some thought over the weekend as to what I do next.

Takeaway_Addict

asajj wrote: »

If you are unhappy with your manager's comments on your annual review, you can contact HR and state your reasons. Pretty standard procedure in established companies. OP's line manager is unlikely to change the comments. So either she will accept it or will go to HR to discuss it with them.

A sensible HR person would get you to talk to your line manager about the comments first before accepting any grievances. It would be pretty pathetic of someone to go to HR before discussing why they disagree with the manager first.

DKLS

asajj wrote: »

If you are unhappy with your manager's comments on your annual review, you can contact HR and state your reasons. Pretty standard procedure in established companies. OP's line manager is unlikely to change the comments. So either she will accept it or will go to HR to discuss it with them.

Never forget HR are not there to help the employees, they are there to protect the company.

mrsscattercushion

Having completed annual appraisals before, what is the procedure around these at your workplace? Is 360 feedback from colleagues requested (formal feedback) or do you feel this is done on an informal basis? At annual reviews, I always completed my paperwork and sent it out to my staff (and expect to see their paperwork) prior to a meeting, so there can be no surprises.

I would ask to see your manager to discuss these and ask them for the evidence on which they have based the statements which you feel are untrue? I had formal supervision on a monthly basis with my staff, with the minutes recorded and actions for following month agreed, so my evidence for both good and poor practice was clearly recorded.

Is it the comments or the actions you disagree with? As a manager, I would record any disagreement between me and worker but that wouldn't necessarily mean I would change it.

In nutshell, I would talk it through with them to clarify and either request they are amended in light of the discussion or that it is recorded you disagree with them and the reasons for it.

In terms of them managing you out of a company...if you've been there under 2 years, very few rights and also depends whether you feel there is much chance in making progress with these colleagues..

Good luck

lady1964

It's the comments I disagree with, again I don't want to go into details but I will be discussing further as I feel some of the 'observations' are unfair & wrong.
I've been employed by them for over 3 years and I don't feel that there is any chance of making progress with colleagues, in fact I feel it will only get worse for various reasons. My manager is very unlikely to change their mind and will keep the comments in, I believe there is space on the paperwork for me to put my comments, which I will be doing.
Thanks for the advice.