Almost a year of working from home – time for my family’s performance review | Emma Beddington

I will be bringing the corporate psychology of 2001 to the task and using the ‘praise sandwich’ technique. Although I can’t think of anything positive at all to say about the printerI note with a blend of emotions for which there is not yet a German abstract noun that we are approaching the anniversary of the inauguration of our new home workspaces. That means that as HR manager of ours (corporate mission statement still undecided; it is a tie between: “This is fine, “Barely coping” or the more upbeat “Aspiring to adequate”), I am considering the annual appraisal process. It is time to evaluate performances, set objectives for the coming year and provide constructive advice and mentoring.In a past life as a junior corporate lawyer, I was trained to deliver feedback, so I bring the cutting-edge corporate psychology of 2001 to the task. I will be using the “praise sandwich”: say something nice, slip in the bad thing you really want to say, then more bland niceness to close. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/09/almost-a-year-working-from-home-time-for-my-family-performance-review #working_from_home #work_&_careers #family #parents_and_parenting