Should I be concerned about how my company evaluates people?

Anonymous

May 1,2022 at 10:20PM UTC

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Should I be concerned about how my company evaluates people? I work at an EOS (entreupreneural operating system) company that completes quarterly reviews. Bonuses are based on those reviews.

This past quarter, I was out for about 2.5 weeks with COVID (which they said was perfectly fine) and perhaps 3 days with another sickness (i used my sick time). In addition to being sick, I was given assignments, those assignments changed and required ground-up creation - weekly (occassionally changing daily).So each assignment didn't fully actualize results because they kept changing (and change was not based on data).

I got my review and I was given bad remarks because of absences and my work did not produce what I set out to do from the quarter 1 plan. Now I'm on an improvement plan for absences and doing the basics of my job (missed team meetings during sicknesses).

I get that I missed work, yes. However, besides that, I produce valuable work and add to moving our team forward. I get that my assigned work did not follow my original plan of the quarter. However, I couldn't have predicted the constant changes from top-down that changed things weekly.

My review doesn't feel right. Should I be concerned about what this says about how they value people?

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AnonymousMay 2,2022 at 1:11PM UTC
I think you know the answer to your question or you wouldn't have posed the question. Depending on the size of your company and how long you worked there, you may have been eligible for FMLA coverage for your illness. Despite that, you used sick time that you earned and is available to you. I see two ways to go here - take the feedback and continue to do your best and perhaps dust off your resume and put some feelers out if you think things are going to continue down the road OR you can factually present what's occurred over the past quarter and present a solution for last minute changes that are affecting your work performance. Only you can decide how that will be received based on your experience with your manager/company leadership. Either way, good luck to you!
AnonymousMay 3,2022 at 2:15PM UTC
I would bring this up with your boss or management with a plan to try and alleviate the issue. It's not your fault you were sick and you shouldn't be penalized for the work missed then.