How Do You Respond To A Job Performance Review?
• Read your review carefully. Your manager will most likely hand you a copy of your review after they have gone over it with you. Some managers will give you a copy to read prior to the performance appraisal. The performance review will include information regarding areas that you are adept at as well as those that need improvement. • Try to read it objectively. It is easy to feel offended personally. Rather than being offended, realize that a performance review is meant to be a constructive exercise, not one aimed at undermining you personally. • Remember that everyone has areas that could be improved upon. Your attitude towards suggested improvements says a lot about what kind of an employee you are/could become. Listen thoughtfully, if the information you get is a complete surprise to you, which it shouldn’t be, tell your manager that you would like some time to digest everything that has been said and request a time to meet again. • Accept what you already know deep down. It is mor
