Appraisal inflation is common in many organizations. But lenient or overly generous appraisals can have unintended consequences and real costs. Some of those issues and what can be done about them are discussed below.
The Employee Is Hurt
- Lack of accurate & meaningful feedback isn’t provided and the employee isn’t really made aware of his strengths or weaknesses.
- There is no understanding that a gap may exist between how an employee views herself and how a manager views her.
- Without true feedback the employee is unable to focus on what he needs to do to improve and to plan training or activities around that. An employee may have limited opportunity for advancement or development if she’s not aware of what she needs to work on.
- An employee may be unaware that any problems exist.
- There may be no motivation for an employee to change.
