Use this sample and step by step explanation to craft a meaningful employee performance feedback review for a switchboard operator. Find the right words with quality phrases.

A Switchboard Operator is liable for operating the telephone business systems or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing and interoffice calls as well as supply information to callers and record messages.

The job duties for this role are operating communication systems like the telephone, switchboard, intercom, two-way radio or public address, answering incoming calls, greeting callers, providing information, transferring calls and/or taking messages as required, placing the phone or arranging conference calls as needed, relaying and routing written and verbal messages, placing telephone calls or arranging conference calls as instructed, routing emergency calls appropriately, monitoring the alarm systems in order to ensure that secure conditions are maintained.

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

PHONE SKILLS: Phone Skills are useful to present a professional company image through the telephone to the customers while making them feel well informed and appreciated without necessarily seeing their faces.

Argues with the other person on the line when insulted or provoked and does not maintain a cool head.

Puts callers on hold and unholds them in an unprofessional way.

1

CRITICAL THINKING: Critical Thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally while understanding the logical connection between ideas in a reflective and independent thinking.

Demonstrates well assertive and decisive ability when it comes to handling problems.

Always feels comfortable and confident when seeking help or advice whenever stuck on solving any issue.

2

APPRAISAL AND EVALUATION SKILLS: Appraisal and Evaluation Skills are services that allow employers to assess their employees? contributions to the organization for the period they have been working with them.

Does not focus on delegation of tasks ending up with a messy schedule

Shows favoritism to some employees creating conflict in the workplace

1

DEDICATION TO WORK: Dedication to Work is a devotion or setting aside the scheduled time that you are required to work each day consistently without fail as well as being on time and giving 100% of your efforts to doing quality work.

Only dedicated to the company whenever it is convenient to do so

Very likely to spend time complaining rather than doing the expected

1

ADAPTABILITY: Adaptability is the ability to cope with and adapt to unexpected situations in any environment and staying connected with a great attitude.

Incorporates feedback effectively and deals positively with praises and criticism

Works overtime to help a colleague meet a deadline for a certain proposal

2

HANDLING STRESS: Handling Stress is the skill to balance the requirements of the job and your abilities or available resources in performing it.

Accepts help from trusted friends and family members in order to improve one's ability to manage stress

Meditates regularly in order to control the thoughts that can trigger stress at work

2

SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SENSE OF DUTY: Self-Discipline and Sense of Duty is an active effort which helps in developing set ways for your thoughts, actions, and habits empowering your to stick to your decisions.

Avoids the hardest assignments instead of trying to complete them first so that the rest of the day is easy

Does not take the time to think about what one wants to achieve thus sets unrealistic and unachievable goals

1

BUSINESS ETIQUETTE: Business Etiquette is a basic framework of rules set by companies to ensure and allow you to understand the way you should conduct yourself in the professional world.

Shows minimal respect and politeness when interacting with others and is seen as unpleasant to work with

Shows minimal interest in building and nurturing relationships and is always too busy to meet others

1

DIVERSITY AWARENESS: Diversity Awareness is the understanding that people are different and unique in their particular way and respecting their uniqueness.

Often makes jokes that are offensive to others and is disrespectful to people with diverse views

Lags behind in driving positive change and is never seen as a person who can promote diversity issues of others

1

SCHEDULING: Scheduling is creating daily workflow charts that the employees are supposed to follow when working and submitting their projects.

Often forgets to add some contingency time for unexpected events when scheduling tasks

Hardly creates a routine and fails to get repetitive tasks done efficiently

1

Self Evaluation

Self Evaluation Question

Employee Comments

PHONE SKILLS:

How do you handle irate and upset callers during a phone conversation?

Do you usually call back when you promise to do so and have you ever failed to so at any given point?

[employee comments]
CRITICAL THINKING:

Elaborate on a given occasion that you made the best decision. How did you feel about it?

How flexible are you when it comes to trying different ways of solving problems other than the intended way.

[employee comments]
APPRAISAL AND EVALUATION SKILLS:

Do you find fault with some of the employees you assess?

Do you work with the employees after the assessment to see better results?

[employee comments]
DEDICATION TO WORK:

Do you show up daily for work or you give excuses to be absent?

Do you seek new opportunities to make you grow or you are not open minded?

[employee comments]
ADAPTABILITY:

Were there times you had to take in a new task when you were still heavily involved with another one?

Can you think of a time when your task or project suffered a setback? How did you react?

[employee comments]
HANDLING STRESS:

Describe a time when you have had a heavy workload. How did you handle it?

Describe a time when your project was faced with a situation that was not anticipated. How did you handle it?

[employee comments]
SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SENSE OF DUTY:

Describe a task that required you to remain self-disciplined from the start to the end. How did you manage it?

What would your boss or team members say about your behavior at work?

[employee comments]
BUSINESS ETIQUETTE:

What efforts are you making to improve your dressing code?

Do you make introductions in meetings and do you introduce people according to their ranks?

[employee comments]
DIVERSITY AWARENESS:

What have you done to encourage the implementation of strategies that attract diverse applicants for vacant positions?

Have you ever made a joke that offended the beliefs of someone else and how did you rectify the situation?

[employee comments]
SCHEDULING:

What efforts are you making to employ the best practices and standards when scheduling projects?

Can you think of a time you failed to schedule a task ahead of time? How did you correct the situation?

[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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