I always wondered, is it best to be first or last into the manager's office.
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If you ain't first, you're last.
Really, it should not matter. The reviews are already done and manager has to complete them by a certain date. Usually reviews are scheduled around other meetings the manager has on their calendar, along with scheduling in the employees time zone (some managers have directs in several time zones), and fitting the review in around employees scheduled PTO.
Depends on the manager. Mine saves the easiest for last where others do the easy first.
When I worked another company, my manager really had it in for me. I thought I was doing ok. Not great, but ok. She kept pushing my review back. I would put time on her calendar for the morning, and she would push it to mid day, to end of day, and when I got it, it was awful.
It doesn't matter, you are dead either way.
I had my last review about a month maybe 6 weeks after they started. I was told I didn't do my pre-review stuff in the correct format on workday. Then I was asked to respond to some tasks of some project I never heard about—but I guess I was supposed to do. That's when I knew my layoff was coming.
As a manager, I agree, I always do the hard (read not good) reviews last.
I once had a manager that wanted to go on & on with nothing & it was keeping me past my time & I just interrupted her & said I have a deal I need to finish & I was suppose to be off by 4:00. She let me go, the next person was in there for 2 mins. But it all turned out fine because she was later fired for flipping off someone.
Yes, in my many years at WF, usually they save the toughest reviews they have to deal out for last.
First. My old manager would always save the worst for last.