Use this step by step explanation to craft a good employee performance feedback review for a central office technician. Find the right words with quality phrases.

A central office technician works in a telecommunication firm to ensure that all the equipment and machinery used there is functioning properly. He/she is responsible for preventing breakdowns in real time.

Other specific responsibilities of this position include installation, repair, and maintenance of electromechanical equipment in central offices and those launched outside the telecommunication firms. They are responsible for installing complex systems. He/she is also mandated to point out errors in the systems before they escalate to problems, which could shut the central office down. Other duties include replacing outdated equipment and ensuring that they integrate seamlessly with the existing system.

Employee Performance Review Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Rating: Rate the employee against the core skills based on how well he/she demonstrates each skill. Give scores 1, 2, or 3 for each rating depending on the employee's performance.
  2. Comments: Use this area to give examples of employee's performance phrases. The phrases should describe how well an employee has performed on previously set goals based on the given core skill.
  3. Summary: Use this section to give a summary of the employee's strengths and areas for improvement or development. Recommend a step increase for an employee who has met the expectations and performance improvement plans for one who doesn't meet expectations.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources manager must examine and indicate whether he/she concurs with the evaluation and comments. If the manager agrees, then he/she must sign the evaluation form. If he/she doesn't concur, then he/she must provide reasons explaining why this is so.
  5. Signatures: Sign the evaluation form and give it to the employee to go through and answer the Self Evaluation Questions. Ask him/her to sign and date the evaluation form before giving it back to the human resources for filing.

Rating Meaning

The employee fails to perform the most important aspects of the job satisfactorily. Requires close guidance to carry out routine jobs. He/she needs significant improvement in all areas. Meetings should be held between the employee and the supervisor to discuss performance deficiencies.

1

Employee routinely meets and exceeds expectations in all areas of responsibility. Produces high-quality work that at times exceeds expectations. Consistently meets the most critical annual goals. Occasionally produces timely and accurate results.

2

The employee consistently and significantly exceeds the communicated expectations by producing exceptionally high-quality work. He/she demonstrates exceptional knowledge of his/her duties and is highly recognized by others as an authority in his/her area of work.

3

Supervisor's Feedback

Skill

Comments

Rating

PUBLIC SPEAKING: Public Speaking though closely related to presenting differs in that it is the process of performing a speech before a live audience with the purpose of informing, persuading or entertaining.

Shows a great sense of humor and uses it well to grasp the attention of the audience.

Talks in a balanced and easy way that is not too fast or too slow.

3

SAFETY AT WORK: Safety is being protected from hurt or other non-desirable outcomes that may tend to overrule a situation and cause damages of different kinds.

Lets every employee know on a regular basis that safety is a major concern in one's business

Makes sure that the workplace entrances and exits are easily accessible and fully operational

3

DEPENDABILITY: Dependability is the characteristic of being able to be counted on and relied upon by providing services that be trusted within a period.

Can be counted on to give the very best under all circumstances

Demonstrates solid performance consistently in all aspects of work done

3

EMOTION MANAGEMENT: Emotion Management is the ability to realize, readily accept and successfully control feelings on oneself and sometimes in others around you by being in complete authority over your thoughts and feelings that are generated whenever your values are touched.

Helps transform problems faced by different colleagues into an opportunity for positive change

Creates a relaxing personal space at work in order to help reduce stress and anxiety

3

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: Emotional Intelligence is the capability to identify your emotions, understand what they are telling me and realize how the feelings are affecting you and the people around you.

Avoids power struggles and backstabbing and is able to build rapport and trust quickly with other employees

Is less defensive and more open to feedback especially when it involves areas of improvement

3

ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Attention to Detail is the capacity to achieve a thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task.

Limits distractions by trying to work in an area that is conducive to focus and concentrate

Accurately analyzes and prioritizes details and catches details missed by other colleagues

3

PROBLEM/SITUATION ANALYSIS: Problem/Situation Analysis is the ability to solve problems and assess situations to know what kind of solution is required to calm it down.

Brainstorms possible ways to resolve the issue at hand and writes down possible solutions even those that seem absurd

Accepts that the problem already exists and puts more energy into solving it rather than in resisting it

3

LONG RANGE PLANNING: Long Range Planning is setting long-term goals and objectives for your business or project to ensure its growth and sustainability is reached by all the employees.

Asks team leaders to report how their teams contribute to the mission and which mission-related goals could make the teams more effective

Identifies strategies to improve customers' satisfaction and conducts surveys to find out if the strategies are working

2

ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING: Entrepreneurial Thinking is a mindset that allows embraces critical questioning, innovation, service and continuous improvement with an attitude of change.

Demonstrates high level of confidence when executing ideas and gets the job done even under stressful conditions

Passionate about realizing goals and is exceptionally determined to realize success in any venture

3

TECHNICAL SKILLS: Technical Skills are the abilities and knowledge mostly related to mechanical, IT, scientific and mathematical needed to perform specific tasks in the workplace.

Trains others in an area of expertise and always shares knowledge with colleagues

Possesses an exceptional ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply them successfully

3

Self Evaluation

Self Evaluation Question

Employee Comments

PUBLIC SPEAKING:

Give an instance you delivered a speech and how do you feel you performed

Do you normally talk about all your intended points and how do you manage your time on stage.

[employee comments]
SAFETY AT WORK:

Give an example of a time when an employee caused an accident due to neglecting safety procedures. How did you deal with him/her?

Can you give an example of a time when you had to stop an important process due to the danger of imminent accidents?

[employee comments]
DEPENDABILITY:

Are you available when you need to complete a task or handle a difficult customer?

Are there areas you have not showed or practiced dependability that you need to change

[employee comments]
EMOTION MANAGEMENT:

Is there a time you made a hasty business decision that you ultimately regretted? What was the outcome?

Is there a time a company policy hurt employees and you had to mitigate the negative consequences to employees?

[employee comments]
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE:

What is your greatest weakness? Can you give situations when your weakness was tested in the workplace?

Is there a time a colleague came to you with a problem? How did you respond?

[employee comments]
ATTENTION TO DETAIL:

Is there a time you identified an error that had been overlooked by a colleague? What did you do to fix it?

Are there times you have made huge mistakes due to not paying attention to details? What happened?

[employee comments]
PROBLEM/SITUATION ANALYSIS:

Can you explain the steps you have taken to troubleshoot a problem? How effective have these steps been?

Describe the most difficult situation/problem you have ever solved. What steps did you take to diagnose it and what was the outcome?

[employee comments]
LONG RANGE PLANNING:

Who do you involve when deciding on a long-range plan for your company and why?

In your opinion, do you think most start-ups fail due to lack of long-range planning or due to poor management? Explain your answer

[employee comments]
ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING:

Can you think of a situation where you became sidetracked from your venture? How did you correct the situation?

What are you doing to avoid taking shortcuts when executing ideas?

[employee comments]
TECHNICAL SKILLS:

What do you to ensure that your technical skills are current?

Have you ever failed to follow technical instructions when using a new system? What did you do to improve?

[employee comments]

Summary

Sections 1-4: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 5: To be completed by the employee

1. Exceeds Job Related Expectations

2. Areas to improve

3. Goals completed since last performance feedback

4. Goals for next period

5. Employee comments

Signatures

I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:
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