A colleague's team just went to training on the new FOUR POINT performance evaluation system for 2013. This has new risk for employees of JNJ.
This means:
-- Larger increments between levels of performance. This means it will be HARDER to show improvement year over year;
-- Extraordinary leaps that are subject to totally subjective judgements will be required to change your ranking in some cases. Be sure your PDM is ACHIEVABLE (HINT-- most PDMS are not doable or realistic....people sign for too much and bosses in JNJ DONT COACH well)
-- JNJs FORCED CURVE will be DEADLY when combined with four points. 4=sainthood or you are otherwise ready for promotion (not an evaluation of your current job performance); 3= "ready for promotion soon" also not a measure of how well you do your current job, 2 = you will never be promoted formerly called READY LATER and READY FOR THE LAYOFF LIST IF WE NEED NAMES LIST, and 1=corporate death
MOST PEOPLE will be forced into ranking 2 or 1. IT is part of the JNJ implementation of the Jack Welch -move 'em up or out school of thought.
DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT and then plan appropriately.
This means:
-- Larger increments between levels of performance. This means it will be HARDER to show improvement year over year;
-- Extraordinary leaps that are subject to totally subjective judgements will be required to change your ranking in some cases. Be sure your PDM is ACHIEVABLE (HINT-- most PDMS are not doable or realistic....people sign for too much and bosses in JNJ DONT COACH well)
-- JNJs FORCED CURVE will be DEADLY when combined with four points. 4=sainthood or you are otherwise ready for promotion (not an evaluation of your current job performance); 3= "ready for promotion soon" also not a measure of how well you do your current job, 2 = you will never be promoted formerly called READY LATER and READY FOR THE LAYOFF LIST IF WE NEED NAMES LIST, and 1=corporate death
MOST PEOPLE will be forced into ranking 2 or 1. IT is part of the JNJ implementation of the Jack Welch -move 'em up or out school of thought.
DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT and then plan appropriately.