End of Year Reviews...finally done!

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Our company conducts our end of year reviews in March. Normally our supervisors conduct them after we review, assign bonus % and salary monetary raises. The supervisor I manage sadly is out for a few months and I did all of our end of year reviews. My team rocks and I was happy to do all 26 of them! Time to relax before we start all over next week. How was your week as a manager!?

Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.

Unfortunately I am stuck with annual evaluations, and evaluations at the third, seventh and eleventh months for a probationary employee.

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Specializes in RCAC Nurse Manager.

Good lord! I have been pushing back reviews due to so many factors. Working the floor due to short staffing, managing day to day tasks, plus we are converting EHR software right now are just a few of the things that have distracted me from performance review. I've been managing this staff for 6 months now, so I know them well and I think reviews may go fairly quickly. Let's hope anyhow. This is my first time completing performance reviews of a larger staff. Or at least what's left given the current exodus of supportive staff. Does anyone have any advice for this novice?

 

 

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Specializes in ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr.
15 hours ago, BridgetBird said:

 Does anyone have any advice for this novice?

Unfortunately, you don't have the time to have supported their goals over the past year and so, these annual reviews may not be as meaningful as they could have been.  However, the work still needs to be done, so, knock them out.  During your 1:1 meeting with staff discuss goals for this upcoming year and provide them with your support.  Good luck.

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
On 3/26/2022 at 7:32 PM, BridgetBird said:

Good lord! I have been pushing back reviews due to so many factors. Working the floor due to short staffing, managing day to day tasks, plus we are converting EHR software right now are just a few of the things that have distracted me from performance review. I've been managing this staff for 6 months now, so I know them well and I think reviews may go fairly quickly. Let's hope anyhow. This is my first time completing performance reviews of a larger staff. Or at least what's left given the current exodus of supportive staff. Does anyone have any advice for this novice?

 

 

For me, it helps having a hard deadline. So the best way to motivate me is to actually schedule several of them each week, and then each week I would write that week's reviews. It forced me to get them done. Also, there are a couple wonderful little handbooks. One is called "Performance Appraisal Handbook" and the other one I have is called "Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals". There's only so many ways you can say "She's a hard worker" so those books help.

And yes, I'm in the thick of annual evals YET AGAIN. 

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Specializes in ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr.

To all, I have made a habit of giving annual reviews on the EE's yearly anniversary.  This way, I do not have a lot to do at the end of the year.  Of course, those who walk into a pile of annual reviews on a new job are unable to turn back the clock.  However, moving forward doing them monthly is my recommendation.

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