Have you ever felt that you have given an unfair job appraisal? What is a positive way of dealing with it?

Question

Recently I had my boss do our yearly evaluation, I was rated as average and did not get excellent marks on any of my job aspects.

I agree with her on the aspects of my performance that need to improve, what I find negative is that she did not mention a single positive attribute when before I have gotten excellent reviews from my peers and other executives.

She mentiones that I need to become an expert on my area of responsability, before I had a much larger area of accountability (where I achived a 20% growth yearly) and I was a more of a generalist, wich did not enable me to concentrate in one area.

She replaced me in my position, because the area was enlarged

She seemed very future oriented on what I can achieve, but the thing that puzzles me is that she did not mention anything positive.

How should I take it? Should I try to improve and be positive, or have reality check and move to another company.

Your advise and experience will be appreciated

Answer 1

The best way to get a good job review is to take a list of your own goals to the review.Also be able to take criticism well.I used to get just ok reviews and started this and it has served me well.