Timeline for My boss asked me to keep an eye on a colleague and report how he performs. How should I respond?
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| Dec 1, 2016 at 21:02 | comment | added | HLGEM | The company I work for does peer evaluations as the inputs to the formal evaluation done by the manager. It is not the only company I have worked for that does that. I have also seen non-supervisory subordinates asked to provide inputs (or volunteer information) on performance many, many times. I have seen those inputs contribute to firing someone or prevent someone from being fired. It is common to ask more experienced people in the same technical field to give input about junior people especially if the line manager with the responsibility for acting on those inputs is not technical. | |
| Dec 1, 2016 at 18:39 | comment | added | smith | @HlGEM: I do not think a manager can really delegate the task of evaluating someone's future in the company to a subordinate. In the formal eval systems you mention they are mainly for improvements and not what the OP describes. | |
| Dec 1, 2016 at 5:17 | comment | added | ChuckCottrill | The subtext to the poster's question is that the poster may be uncomfortable being delegated that duty, but the poster also needs to clearly communicate to the manager their reluctance. Many developers just do not want that responsibility. | |
| Nov 30, 2016 at 22:50 | comment | added | HLGEM | @smith, because the task has been delegated to him - most likely because the manager does not have the technical knowledge to evaluate. Lots of companies seek peer evaluations even in formal eval systems. So no it is not clearly just the managers job, it may be the managers job to determine if actions are to be taken and to counsel the person if performance is lacking, but he can always assign someone the task to give input. | |
| Nov 30, 2016 at 22:25 | comment | added | smith | Why is it part of his responsibilities to evaluate a peer's performance? That's clearly the manager's job. | |
| Nov 30, 2016 at 22:02 | history | answered | user8365 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |