Project Description:

Nowadays, many companies conduct performance reviews for their employees to evaluate their work performance, identify strengths and weaknesses, offer feedback, and set goals for future performance. It can help employees understand what theyre doing well, how they can improve, how their work aligns with larger company goals, and what is expected from them. However, giving a performance review for an underperformer can be a tough task for an HR manager.

Imagine that you have to prepare a performance review for Martin Bola, an e-commerce manager who was hired six months ago. Martins colleagues say that he is frequently late, and this reduces the amount of time he could spend doing his job. Additionally, he has a tendency to spend time casually chatting with other employees, making their time also less productive. Martins boss says that he is unhelpful when speaking to clients and suppliers, and does not bother writing adequate notes. Martin is always distracted and never meets project deadlines. Due to his carelessness, he did not notice that one of the popular goods was out of stock, and as A result, the revenue plan underperformed by 6%. Martin also always looks for external reasons for his failures.

Q. Prepare a performance review for Martin. While writing your feedback, focus on the following areas: communication, quality and accuracy of work, punctuality and reliability, the ability to accomplish goals and meet deadlines. Note that preparing effective feedback implies not only criticism and negative comments, but also indicating the areas which can be improved in order to increase productivity.