How to determine employee of the month ?

Question

I have an internet software development company and i would like to know the criteria to determine the employee of the month. I mean how do other companies determine who is the employee of the month ?

Answer 1

I use productivity, attendance and attitude.

Answer 2

In our company we do employee of the Quarter. Everyone in the company has the opportunity to nominate someone. Then we have a team that reads the nominations and selects the winners. We have very specific criteria:
Process Improvement: Has the person helped improve a company process to save time, money, etc.
Amazing customers: Has the person done something to amaze internal and or external customers.
Positive Attitude: does the Person display an enthusiastic attitude
Encouraging communication: Does the person encourage others and acknowledge the contributions of others.


We have a few others, that are unique to our company. But basically we are looking for specific behaviors that improve the culture of our company as well as the business. We do a great job of empowering our employees, and basically we try to recognize those who use that power to help us reach our goal and also to empower others.

Answer 3

Chose the employee who you think is the "best" using only work-related aspects.

The hardest part of the choice - keeping the choice work-related with *no* personal bias, and keeping actual track of those aspects. When making your final choice, don't just say they've won the title, tell them (and everyone else) *why*.

Here are some examples of aspects to look at (in no particular order or priority.) It's definitely not a complete list.

1) cleanest/most organized code
2) most work completed
3) least buggy code
4) flexibility in hours worked (whether quantity or time-of-day)
5) communication (with supervisors)
6) communication (with peers)
7) communication (as a supervisor)
8) time taken to complete work
9) searching out extra projects once all assigned work is done
10) cleanliness of work area
11) helping other employees with issues/questions
12) least bandwidth used at their station
13) most efficient code
14) most client-questions answered
15) most client-issues/requests resolved
16) highest client-satisfaction rate

Et cetera. :)

Answer 4

make a list of requirements

job skills
knowledge of job and completes assignments well
attendence
customer survey winner
outstanding performance
outstanding team member
great problem solving skills

Answer 5

totally arbitrary, just make sure everyone gets a chance.