I was chatting with some friends about annual reviews at our respective jobs and it got me thinking, everywhere seems to use the rating scale of below/meets/exceeds expectations and most times they are tied to your increase/bonus. I’ve always just met expectations at my current job and I am okay with that. If you want someone to go beyond their normal job duties, you should put them in a position where their “exceeds expectations” is just their normal job duties and pay them more. Meets expectations just sounds so dismissive. I think I did superb at the job duties that I signed up for.
Just curious, are there any companies that do this differently or what is it like in other countries? Americans tend to have this workhorse, hustle mentality so it would be interesting to hear what it is like in countries that actually value workers having lives outside of the office.