QUESTION: I have spent a good number of years with them, but the company is not rewarding me adequately.
FACT: You might be forgotten soon if you are still living
on your past achievements.
During a performance appraisal, when people, who have been used to ‘above-average’-ratings in the past, get ‘average’ or below-average’ ratings, often the first complaint is that loyalty .is not being considered in the evaluation. This happens when a person enters a comfort zone and wants to survive by contributing the bare minimum. His expectation, however, is still of being treated like a star employee. The person could be inherently excellent and has successfully given, in the past, the results the company had been looking for. This was probably the reason behind his high rating. Contribution, however, is measured only in the given appraisal period or, at the most, in the succeeding one. This is done because each appraisal cycle has different challenges.
People who do not work towards improving the skills expected at their jab level will be slowly sidelined and denied good work and promotion. In extreme cases, they may be asked to leave. They blame the company and the manager for putting them into this situation and for forgetting earlier contributions. Such an employee might make it an emotional.
