Message #74960

[gee4]

I am so angry I cannot tell you.

I contacted HR last Friday to ascertain what would happen if my review did not take place.  It has taken nearly a week to get a response but I've finally had a f2f discussion with one of the HR team.
 
1. Firstly we opened the online tool and it became apparent my objectives for last year have been entered incorrectly and should have been entered further down, on a separate line, so my boss can appraise each one. 

2.  Secondly it was clear I could not edit the details because I had already entered new objectives for this year which triggered an automated email going to my boss to complete the next step.

I made it clear my boss mentioned nothing about my review and HR said, "well it's his job to".  That was enough for me.  I explained that while I had not been through the process before, but was aware of it, the actual steps had not been explained fully.  Again HR said that my boss should have taken me through the process "but he's obviously not aware of it himself".
 
Now I have set up a meeting for my boss to carry out my appraisal and score me on each of the objectives.  I then asked HR what comes out of the review, what does this feed into.  I was informed that my boss is assigned a "pot of money" and out of that pot he allocates a sum to his team.  It's not a given but if he feels you are worthy of something then he decides.
 
HR will take an action to arrange a session for those new to the process and explain how it should be completed. 

3.  Lastly HR looked at my objectives and said they are not specific, to which I replied, "well my boss approved them last year and never questioned them.  In fact he told me to draft my own and never made any input into them himself".
 
I think HR are now getting the picture on the issues I am raising.