We don’t give 5’s… and other antiquated management techniques.
February 9, 2010 Category: Blog, Thoughts 3 Comments »
I was talking to a friend of mine last month that had just had mid-year reviews at his company. I received his permission to relay some of our conversation and my response to him here.
“So I walk in to sit with my manager for my mid-year review… we’re ranked on 12 different categories on a scale of 1 to 5, there are 9 of us that report to him”
Sounds normal, makes sense.
“First thing my manager says in going over my review is, just so you know, and I’ve told everyone this: I don’t give 5’s”
Wait what?! Um, if that’s the case then why not just have a scale that goes from 1 to 4? Let’s think about that for a minute. No really, let that sink in. Why call it 1 to 5, if it’s really 1 to 4?
