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

A system administrator has the primary duty of overseeing and maintaining all Information Technology operations and related infrastructure in a company. He/she will see to it that all Technical IT operations and systems are working effectively and efficiently. Furthermore, he or she will see to it that all standards of the systems are maintained to the highest levels.

Besides that, he or she will perform the following duties; install and configure all hardware and software systems, perform troubleshooting techniques on the systems, undertake daily backup operations, develop workable security procedures and policies, monitor system logs, create and assign user accounts and maintain high system standards.

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

PROBLEM SOLVING: Problem Solving is the skill of defining a problem to determine its cause, identify it, prioritize and select alternative solutions to implement in solving the problems and reviving relationships.

Not decisive and assertive when it comes to coming up with solutions.

Does not always monitor the decisions made to ensure that they have a positive impact.

1

TROUBLESHOOTING: Troubleshooting is solving a problem or determining a question to an issue which is often applied to repairing failed products or processes on a machine or a system.

Exhibits good knowledge of the equipment interface and uses it well in troubleshooting.

Tries to seek assistance on issues that are difficult to handle.

2

MOTIVATING OTHERS: Motivating is using persuasion, incentives and mental or physical stimulants to influence the way people think or behave individually or in groups.

Often picks fights with uncooperative, unreasonable and frustrating employees, customers, and suppliers

Does not believe in oneself; is always doubtful of one's potential to accomplish goals thus makes it difficult to get motivated

1

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

Sets integrity aside when performing any task or dealing with any customer

Violates the company standards and expectations regarding reliability and availability

1

WORK ATTITUDE: Work Attitude is one's feelings towards and beliefs about one's job and their behavior that can tell how it feels to be there.

Certain about capability to get any job done and done well

Seeks opportunities to show others what can be done with ease and what needs much work

2

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.

Keeps own motivation up by rewarding oneself after successfully completing a phase of the problem

Sets a deadline for when a situation should be solved and a schedule for reporting in order to stay on track and know when one is falling apart

2

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Project Management is structuring a to-do list for your project or company containing tasks and responsibilities as well as creating a roadmap for the execution of those duties promptly.

Has poor organization skills thus sometimes fails to know who does what, and when, or whether a project is complete or not

Lacks time management skills; fails to monitor a project during its critical stages to find out if the project is on track

1

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

Looks for shortcuts rather than putting more effort into the business venture

Does little to execute ideas and never bothers to seek advice on untested ideas

1

COMPUTER SKILLS: Computer Skills are the necessary computer working skills that each employee need to have while seeking to get admitted into the professional world.

Possesses little understanding about the basic steps of installing common operating systems

Lacks enough knowledge on how to use different versions of computer operating systems

1

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.

Lacks enough confidence when solving complicated issues and hardly welcomes new challenges

Does not know the basics of troubleshooting and maintaining basic devices and machines

1

Self Evaluation

Self Evaluation Question

Employee Comments

PROBLEM SOLVING:

Give an instance you solved a problem, and it was successful.

How well do you brainstorm before setting out to solve a problem?

[employee comments]
TROUBLESHOOTING:

Give an instance you tried to troubleshoot, and you were not successful.

Give an instance you handled a task with so much uneasiness and a restless mind and what was the outcome?

[employee comments]
MOTIVATING OTHERS:

What types of tasks or projects do you enjoy doing the most? Why?

Is there a time when you have not accomplished a task due to lack of motivation? What led to your lack of motivation? How did you fix it?

[employee comments]
DEPENDABILITY:

Are you willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done no matter the situation?

Are you willing to work overtime if the task requires you to do so?

[employee comments]
WORK ATTITUDE:

Are you focused on doing a thorough work on all tasks assigned without any complaint?

Are you always armed with the right attitude no matter the situation?

[employee comments]
PROBLEM/SITUATION ANALYSIS:

How do you weigh the advantages and disadvantages of a solution before implementing it?

What are some of the challenges that you have encountered when analyzing problems and how have you faced them?

[employee comments]
PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

What methods have you used to find out where a project has been, where it is currently, and where it is going?

What is the greatest challenge you faced on your last project? How did you overcome it? What lesson did you learn?

[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]
COMPUTER SKILLS:

What are you doing to improve your knowledge in installing, using, and troubleshooting computer software

How often do you backup computer data and which data backup techniques do you use?

[employee comments]
TECHNICAL SKILLS:

What are you doing to improve your ability to troubleshoot and maintain basic devices and machines?

Have you ever attempted to apply your technical skills to create a new and working system from scratch?

[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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