Performance appraisal ?
As the production supervisor for sweeny electronics nakeisha joseph was generally well regarded by most of her subordinates.nakeishawas an easygoing individual who tried to help heremployees in any way she could. If a workerneeded a small loan until payday she would diginto her pocket with no questions asked. Should an employee need some time off to attend to a personal problemnakeisha would notdock the individual’s pay rather she would take up the slack herself until the worker returned.
Everything had been going smoothly at last performance appraisal period. One of nakeisha’s workers bill overstreet had been experiencing a large number of personal problems for the past year. Bill’s wife had beensick much of the time and her medical expenses were high. Bill’s son had a speech impwdiment and the doctors had recommended a special clinic. Bill who had already borrowed the limit the bank would loan had become upset and despondent over his circumstances.
When it was time for bill’s annual performance appraisal nakeisha decided she was going to do as much as possible to help him. Although bill could not be considered more than an average worker nakciaha rated him outstanring in virtually every category. Because the firm’s compensation system was heavily tied to performance appraisal bill would be eligible for a merit increase of 10 percent in addition to a regular cost of living raise.
Nakeisha explained to bill why she was giving him such high ratings and bill acknowledged that his performance had really been no better than average. Bill was very grateful and expressed this to nakeisha. As bill left the office he was excitedly looking forward to telling his friends about what a wonderful boss he had. Seeing bill smile as he left gave nakeisha a warm feeling.