Questions tagged [performance]
Questions regarding how well one is at performing tasks required of a job.
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Please advise on how to navigate upcoming 1:1 meeting with boss, given circumstances?
I have documented my difficult work situation in this question and this question
Where things stand is that I am actively looking for a completely different group to be on in the large company I am a ...
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Do I have an ethical obligation to admit I’ve been falling asleep on the job?
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Do I have an ethical obligation to report myself to my manager for falling asleep on the job (in a remote work situation?) It is not intentional but it is unfortunately happening; the drowsiness ...
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How to deal with someone I supervise not holding their direct reports accountable?
I have a direct report who is not experienced at managing people. I see one of their direct reports not living up to expectations, producing mediocre work, not working full time even though she is ...
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After two years, out of nowhere, I'm told I'm severely underperforming. What next?
I've been a software engineer for 6 years.
For the last 2 years I've been working for a US-based startup as a contractor in a Senior Engineer position (I'm South American).
The whole tech stack was ...
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How to maintain accountability on scheduling without micromanaging?
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I am the project leader for a research effort with a small team (< 10 people), with a multi-year schedule. One of the things I do when communicating with my team, ...
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I just failed PIP, should I ask for management to terminate my employment? [closed]
Today (June 19th) is my last day of my Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) and I know I failed it because my boss told me I am not passing. As of right now, I have not receive a notice termination. I ...
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How should I evaluate my performance?
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I recently got a job (first job ever in the field) as an entry level software developer after pursuing a master in data science. I have been in the workplace for about 5-6 months.
The ...
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Recognizing performance of individual workers
Our company is big on giving praise where praise is due. How that works is you get to nominate one or more people who are always doing some amazing work, going the extra mile, etc. However, since we ...
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How to communicate to a boss who wanted a quick & dirty implementation that today is pay-day?
Following a previous question of mine, in which I try to find ways to be quicker on expense of more dirty code, I think I managed to get more stuff done today, with the premise that when they break, ...
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Performance improvement plan(PIP) has been proposed [duplicate]
Been put on a PIP but I think the performance issues concerned may be related to my disability. I've let HR know
How do you think HR is going to react to this, especially in light of my disability? I ...
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I am wondering what went wrong during a software design phase? [closed]
I need your advice about my career situation. My typical performance review feedback/complaint (for years now) is my tendency to take a long time to deliver my pull requests. Despite potential ...
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Former manager is trying to damage my reputation and growth opportunities within the company
My former manager and I did not get along for various reasons.
I've performed my role successfully based on the areas I have been accountable for.
Yet despite that, they are trying to influence my new ...
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Pregnancy complications and performance drop
A coworker announced his wife was pregnant a couple of months ago. We work remotely for a small tech startup in Spain. He is a great employee and I think the manager knows it: he is devoted and ...
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My manager’s continuous negative feedback is affecting me mentally, how can I ask for support? [closed]
I am a new grad (graduated in May 2022) started working at a big tech in June. Team specific tasks weren’t assigned to me until July.
He rarely ever say anything negative during our scheduled 1-1 ...
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Struggling to motivate new employee
I currently have a direct report who I'm struggling with. He has some good attributes, but is not really stepping up to the level we expected of him when we hired him and when he was in onboarding.
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How to help a dev, who is otherwise good, improve the speed at which they work?
I work as the lead dev on a small team. I manage 3-4 devs.
I don't have any issues with this particular dev apart from that given their level they should be completing tasks faster. This isn't just my ...
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Work-from-anywhere or not a good idea? [duplicate]
I started my job couple months ago and I want to go see my family in another country for two weeks.
I also want to focus on my work since I am working at a slow pace and my manager has also showed ...
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Interpreting a negative self-evaluation of a high performer
I have a direct report that I consider to be not only my best performer, but one of the best performers in my entire organization.
Recently, our organization decided to implement a detailed self-...
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How to let your manager know some of your colleagues are not the sharpest pencils in the box
I have situations where time and again I encounter non-sense, non-high-standard behavior from some of my colleagues in the work.
These colleagues report to the same manager as me.
These can be ...
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Managing feedback for subpar vendors
Our team has grown a lot and the vendors / outsourced support staff we're using have come under a critical eye. While their support previously was useful to fill gaps in the team, we now have the ...
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Convincing my boss not to fire me
I've learned today that my boss is trying to replace me. From the echoes I got, I learned that he wants to do this because of an under-performance issue, my performance was not on point this year due ...
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Delivery of message to underperformers
For me I always thought that in regards to performance a direct and early feedback with concrete examples is what is the correct approach or at least what everyone wants.
Being a new manager I am not ...
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How to interpret a "Thank you for all your hard work" statement before actual completion of work?
When your supervisor or team lead says, thank you for all your hard work towards the end of the project , but the project has not concluded and some work still pending, are they being sarcastic or ...
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How to deal with a colleague who has a really bad performance
I am a team leader for a SW Team which got freshly merged with another team.
One of the new team members (call him Member X) is showing really bad performance and most of his tasks only get finished ...
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How do I provide clear goals for a PIP when the developer's mistakes are ambiguous and varied?
Context: I recently joined a software development company as a manager where previously my team of developers did not have a formal manager. The oversight given to the developers was unsupportive at ...
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How to calculate and set value of performance each individual? [closed]
Industry Type: IoT
I want make startup which the Leader is just formality.
And so the system of startup basically everyone in startup are called Contributor:
There are two type of contributors.
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How to deal with low performer team leader from a direct report perspective?
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The development team is basically made up of three devs and the team leader. This setup is in place for about six months.
We are working using the SCRUM methodology. The main issue is that the ...
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Resentment and its Effect on Performance and Reputation
So I have been employed with my current company for about 6 months or so as a software engineer. This company is a Silicon Valley type technology company of a modest size.
Unfortunately, I ended up ...
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How to add value to the team
Can you please advise how to get better at adding value to the work I do /team(at the same time keeping my skills updated )?
I feel a lot happy when I have made an impact.
So we are going to have a ...
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Employee doesn't listen to my demands
So I have a developer working on dockerizing one of our application for production. The thing is that it's already done for development, and he has been taking a lot of time doing it. He also is doing ...
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Is it common to be dismissed during the probation period?
Recently I started a new job in a publishing company and is serving a 6 month probation period. It is my first job since I graduated 6 months ago. I feel that many people are scrutinizing my work ...
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How to deal with underperforming associate and un-involved manager?
I have been in this company for more than 5 years now. I started as an associate when the initial team was being built from ground up. When I joined, I was the second member and in all we had a team ...
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Should I even show up tomorrow, after being put on a Performance Improvement Plan? [closed]
I got put on a Performance Improvement Plan this afternoon. What would be the consequences of just putting my computer in a box for the courier and mailing it into my company?
I am a software ...
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Proper to Escalate a Manager that didn't follow correct PIP Protocol
I've tried to make this concise as possible so please bear with me.
This is related to my earlier question (Employee barely working due to Mental Health issues),
in which the summary is:
In March ...
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Resentment towards employer over reduced pay
Background: I work as a mechanical engineer at a startup in India.
So basically during the past year, my employer has reduced my pay during lock-down periods by up to 50% while still having me work ...
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Extracting work from people who are on PIPs but who we also cannot fire?
I work on a team of seven software developers where two of them have basically just given up. They got put on performance improvement plans, but instead of upping their game they are basically waiting ...
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Fast-paced environments, corporate culture, well paced environments for software engineers? [closed]
The term "fast-paced" environment appears often in job descriptions for software engineers. From a software engineering perspective, among other things, this may imply pressure to produce ...
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How to open conversation about low performance of the team
I'm working as a part of a team, I'm a backend developer. I work with two front-end developers.
Last three sprints we missed delivery on things that were related to the front-end.
My work is usually (...
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Low energy levels throughout the day
I’m struggling with my energy levels over the course of day, after it hits mid-day my brain starts to shut off, where I find it hard to focus on concentrate, brain fog and generally feel very fatigued ...
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How to deal with potential PIP?
I have been in a Tech company in USA for a few months and I work in a team of 4 people which includes me. The company is going through many reorganizations and I have seen a few long term and short ...
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What to do when underperforming in project [closed]
I have joined a IT company in last November 2020. I didn't get any training from the company but other joinees had training. I am basically from an electronics and telecommunication background. So I ...
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How to handle a poorly performing employee who's potentially suicidal
I have a subordinate who has in the past expressed suicidal thoughts. His performance over the past 6-8 months has been unacceptable. He has numerous documented coaching and performance improvement ...
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Probation extended at appraisal
I've had an appraisal at work at the end of my 6 month probation and have been told my employer isn't satisfied with my performance and has extended my probation for a further 3 months. At the ...
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How to effectively quit in place and transfer as much time to professional development?
I am a developer who graduated in 2016 and am in my third job. I am currently concerned that my resume makes me look like a job hopper because I am one. But I also have no interest in being at my ...
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How to handle social interactions with someone I fired for poor performance?
I fired someone for poor performance several months ago, and they haven't signed their severance paperwork yet so I am actively worried about litigation. I saw last weekend that they just joined my ...
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Handed notice in - suddenly not doing anything right
I recently handed my notice in at my current employer. My company notice period in my contract is 3 months.
I have a fair bit of work to do before I leave, which is alright, and this workload goes ...
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Is the practice of numerical target-setting in performance management supported or refuted by any research?
In the field of performance management, numerical target-setting is common, and recommended by many management resources (example). However, there are also many sources which warn against the practice ...
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What could be the trade-offs between managing under-performers or just letting them go?
A number of years ago, I wasn't as passionate about my job as I currently am, so I know that for someone to develop the necessary degree of passion, enthusiasm, and work ethic to perform really well, ...
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How do you control performance in tasks with unquantifiable output?
Let's say you're asking an employee to research the internet for the the best accounting software. Let's say you are giving him some guiding criteria what should be understood by "best".
Is ...
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Should I talk confidentially to HR about my unattainable sales goals
Summary: Should I discreetly discuss with HR how I don't believe I - or anyone - will be successful in my position at our company?
I work at a large multinational in an industrial B2B role as BDM for ...
