CosmicWaffle
CosmicWaffle

Advice on appraisal discussions

Need advice from the community.

I had my performance review with my manager last week. The broad feedback was something like this- in her mind, if I'm given any task, she knows it will be done and done well, meeting all expectations. She acknowledged that I'm sincere, hard working and don't cut any corners with my work. But will the task be done ++, she wasn't sure.

I've been moving from fighting one fire to the other and never really got a chance to settle in one project, barring one, which my boss says I truly aced. Most of my colleagues believe I've done a stellar job and deserve the top rating but I didn't get that from my manager.

My last 1:1 was almost 6 months back and all this time I never really got an indication that 'more' was expected. In fact when I was pulled into projects the only thing I was told was to 'look into this and resolve' without clear goals.

I understand this year reviews are tight at most startups but I was left wondering where this came from and what to make out of it. I'm due for another discussion next week.

Any advice on how to proceed?

17mo ago
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DizzyLlama
DizzyLlama

Do truth seeking. Understand more. Then if you believe they are being unrealistic about your hike, fight for it with reasoning. If they still wouldn't budge, evaluate if you want to stay there anymore

CosmicWaffle
CosmicWaffle

Yes exactly. Thankfully the discussion had to be cut short and we're going to restart next week, so I have time to think over.

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
Plivo17mo

Hard to gauge on ur own. Managers probably need something for each where they can improve so might be just that. Anyway probably ur expectation to ur manager

CosmicWaffle
CosmicWaffle

Makes sense. But don't you think some of it should have been communicated earlier vs doing it now at the time of appraisal. This is my first cycle here after about 1.5 yrs

SwirlyNoodle
SwirlyNoodle

Just ask them point blank. What do you need me to achieve to get a promotion?

CosmicWaffle
CosmicWaffle

Abhi to hike mil jaae that's also an achievement 😂 But true. I think I'll be better off being direct than modest

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