5 Steps to Getting Executive Buy-In for Employee Engagement Surveys

This article on annual employee review ratings was originally published in November, 2016. Relevant employee review statistics and associated content were updated November, 2020.   What is an employee rating? Employee review ratings are used in performance management processes to quantitatively address performance. These are easy to administer but can backfire if used as the only indicator or assessment of performance. Traditional annual performance reviews sometimes miss the mark on specific feedback, timeliness, and progress. 45% of HR leaders do not think annual performance reviews are an accurate appraisal for employee’s work, and 87% of organizations are unsatisfied with their performance review process.

Performance appraisal time is coming up, and HR professionals celebrate the opportunity to help their employees become better, more engaged, and productive workers.

We’re entering a performance review season like no other. Performance reviews in 2020 are fraught with new technology to learn, additional hurdles to overcome, and rapidly changing workplaces as industries recover and adapt to the new normal. Workforces are shifting internally. Many employees are grappling with new challenges with many workplaces moving to work from home, which means we have an upcoming performance appraisal time we all need to prep for. Full-stop: It’s easier to lose your best employees than to gain solid replacements for them. Even the smallest, most seemingly-insignificant choices can be enough to send your top performers packing, and there is no more delicate time than right now. Here are a few common things that can cause your company to lose your best players during performance review time AND a few new things to be aware of so you don’t conduct a bad performance review in 2020.