Re: FWD: What to do about a recommendation?

[Joe Malin <jmalin -at- jmalin -dot- com>]

I agree, though I would say that managers aren't any more cowardly than
the rest of us.

Joe

Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
> Raising hand.
>
> If you've never come up against a situation where you met all
> your job objectives but still got a negative performance review
> because those reviewing you had other "expectations" that they
> somehow neglected to mention to you until the review, then
> you are a fortunate person.
>
> The OP said that the project was delivered on schedule and
> that the contractor "was not told" about the issues.  Maybe that
> doesn't mean "never," but then again maybe it does.  Some
> managers really are that lazy, ineffective and, let's be frank,
> cowardly.
>
> The "safest" course is for the OP to tell the contractor that
> company policy restricts replies to all questions regarding
> past employment to dates of employment and job positions.
>
> The *best* course is to grow a spine, sit down with the
> contractor and provide an honest end-of-contract review.
> The contractor's contributions were obviously good enough
> that the OP was not moved to fire the person.  The OP got as
> good out of the contract as he/she was willing to put into it.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robotti, Anne (Carlin)"
> <ARobotti -at- CarlinGroup -dot- com>
>
>> I mean, come on. Show of hands, who out there needs a performance review
>> or feedback from their manager to know that they're not meeting
>> expectations? "Gee, the software went out last week and I still haven't
>> finished the manual. I wonder if that's a problem?" A good reaming at a
>> document review is usually all it takes to get me right on board!
>>
>> I bet Anonymous doesn't mean they *never* said anything to the guy about
>> expectations, or deadlines, or scope of work, or negative reviews of
>> docs. They just never sat him down for the Big Talk.
>>
>> No with no explanation is my vote, because everybody including the
>> contractor knows what the explanation is. (Or you could be a weenie and
>> go with the lukewarm recommendation. Use the word "punctual" - it's code
>> for "nothing good to say here, keep looking.")
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