We’ve had a couple of situations this year where two managers have supervised the same group of employees. One manager supervised the group for six months, the current manager supervised the group for the remaining six months. Now it’s time to write and deliver the annual performance evaluations for the employees. I’m going to suggest that each of the managers draft their reviews, one manager (the current manager) takes charge of compiling the two reviews. The current manager gets the former manager (who is now in a different geographical office) to sign off on the review. Then the current manager delivers (holds the performance review meeting) with the employee. Does this sound reasonable?
The Team Doc Says…
I hope that each supervisor documented performance during the time this employee worked for them so they don’t have to do the review from memory.
Why not suggest that they do the review together by having a teleconference? That way communication actually takes place and one supervisor doesn’t have to assume what the other supervisor meant just by written word (which can be misinterpreted easily). The result should be a much more comprehensive review that will benefit the employee.
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Denise O’Berry
aka ‘Team Doc’
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