My job has a rating scale 1-5, for our performance reviews. 1 being the worst, 5 being the best. I have had this at previous jobs as well.
And at all of those, including this one, we are told that a 5 is impossible to get.
If it is impossible, why is it on the scale?
What makes it worse, at my current job, we were told that getting a 5 increases your raise performance raise.
So you want me to strive for a better raise, that is impossible to achieve?
I had my review today, 5 standards we are judged on. 4 of them I got a 5, 1 got a 4. I am waiting to see how that is reflected on my next raise. I don’t even know why the 4 was a 4. My team lead had no complaints. Of course he just became the team lead less than a year ago, and it is was his first review. Maybe he didn’t want to give 5 out of 5. Or maybe, not being a complete 5 out of 5 doesn’t kick in to that extra raise.
My sister works at the same place. She didn’t say what she got, but was told that 5’s are impossible, because there is always room to improve. But she wasn’t told how she could improve.
Lol, at least I can explain one of my 5s. My attendance is practically perfect. The comment was that I rarely call in.
Excuse me, the only times I called in since I started in 2017, were the 2 times I had Covid.
And yes, one of them was since the new team lead started. But if I don’t get Covid in the next year, what excuse can they give? Hey, you have perfect attendance, and are on time everyday, but you get a 4 for attendance this year because there is always room to improve.