I work in IT in a healthcare system. Let me start off by saying I really enjoy my job and my direct leadership is great. Our year-end reviews are going on right now, and I was told that starting this fiscal year, as we rate ourselves at the end for our self-evaluation, if we rate ourselves as going and above and beyond, instead of us just writing out different examples of what we did during the year (that's fair, and I document my “extras”) to show why we rated ourselves high, we are now being told that we need to solicit peer reviews from people we work with.
For example, if I'm working with the director of nursing, and I complete something for her that she is very happy about, I should maybe slip in at the end of the conversation to say, “Hey, if wouldn't mind, would you please submit a review on my behalf for the work I completed for you to your satisfaction?” And they expect us to do this every now and then when working with people, which means, at some point, I may be asked to write a review on someone's behalf. I don't recall getting paid for this.
I just find the whole stance to be odd and somewhat contrived. Anyone else deal with something like this?