It's That Time Of The Year Again...

The start of 2008 and it's time for performance evaluation for the work done in 2007. How time flies. This year I have to do evaluation for 36 staff under my department. This year the evaluation form is different because the group company standardise it and it makes it harder for anyone to achieve level 5 (highest score). I for one don't believe that just because a company overall didn't get level 5, the whole employees don't deserve it. There are a handful of staff whom I believe deserve a level 5 performance because they have done their best and went the extra miles to get the job done without a hipcup.

I don't believe that if the boss doesn't get a level 5, all his/her team members and staff are not entitle for a good performance. That's not how I was trained during my earlier years in managament. This is what I call a typical Malaysian culture in management. Even though I reaised that I won't be getting raving reviews because of the company's performance last year, I refuse to follow the rules that prevent me grading my deserving staff an excellent review for 2007. There are not many staff who is willing to go extra miles, having sense of ownership and urgency and an attention to details. They were willing to learn and change for the better. It's wrong to take way what they deserve. I would still reward them accordingly and they work hard for it.

I have yet to see what 2008 will brings me. However, nothing will be better if I don't move forward and took initiative to find better ways to inprove my financial, career and personal life. My friends have highlighted to me 2 things that I wanted to do but have yet to even start it. One is losing weigh and second, is restart my freelance services. I have stop these things for 2 years now. I think ever since I started work in my current company. To pick up again will take some time because I have to do all the initial work again. Anyway, I'm looking forward to it because I will have a nice study room soon.