Is is a coincidence that I had my end of year evaluation the same week that we discussed this topic i class...weird! But it brought this information close to home and I paid more attention to the questions I was asked because of this weeks topic. At work when I see the sign-up sheet for evals I always feel bad for our manager. Especially this year since he is in poor health. I can't imagine completing over 125 evals within a 3 week period on top of a regular work load. So he was smart to keep evaluations in 10 minute slots. He was direct, quick, and effective with the information that needed to be shared. I was feeling good when I left his office, because I was able to achieve the highest rating. With such a busy life, that has included school for the last 5 months it was reassuring that I have maintained the balance I was striving for and still exceeding expectations in the unit. I think one of the reasons I have put school off for so long is because I didn't know how to fit it in my schedule.
The morale of the unit is always affected a little bit during evaluation time. Walking around you can almost tell what rating each person has received due to the way they act and carry themselves following their meeting. You can occasionally hear people talking about how their eval went, and people comparing their ranking. Then the mood changes to...what are our raises going to be this year? We are all a little driven by money and see our hard work pay off from the previous year. So in many ways evals are hard, but they can be rewarding if you are doing your job well.
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