Life beside the edge

Do you submitted your appraisal form for your subordinate? Have your superior interview with you before he submit the appraisal forms?

In US culture company, Superior or manager will interview with the staff (Jr. Executive and above) become they finalized the appraisal. They will let you know your points for the past one year. You got your chance to argue for the points if you think you deserve better points. At least you know how people feel/rate your works. It is so transparent, everything just well understood by everyone.

In Japan culture, everything is confidential, you know nothing about your own appraisal until you got your bonus/salary increment. You got no right to argue, you don’t know your own rating, how you gonna argue with management?

How about your condition? You know your own rating system? Please share your experience.

Being helpful to other sometime turn out negative result which make cause a big turn down on you. Had you ever faced this before?

When you see someone need help, you try to help but then you found out basically your help taken but not appreciated. People act like “I didn’t ask for your help also~”… Is like you’re the one who busy body to help them.

That’s come to a conclusion, we need to be a little bit selfish, help the one who ask for help, ignore the one who keep quiet. Don’t put yourself in solving big problem which end up with no “Thank you” at all.

Any experience sharing from you?