Post by Teddy Bear on May 25, 2015 21:00:03 GMT
I just think of some self important overly paid little bureaucrat deciding that it's really important to change the name of 'Staff Appraisal' to 'Performance Development Review'.
What's worse is that I don't think this government is going to do anything about changing the nature of this insidious bullshit corporation.
NOTHING!
What a load of crap!
What's worse is that I don't think this government is going to do anything about changing the nature of this insidious bullshit corporation.
NOTHING!
What a load of crap!
Now BBC's jargon-loving bosses axe staff appraisals for 'performance development reviews' so workers and managers 'can have an honest-two conversation'
By Lucy Crossley for MailOnline
The BBC has scrapped staff appraisals in favour of 'performance development reviews' so bosses and workers can have an 'honest two-way conversation' with each other, it has been revealed.
In a move which could have come from plot line to comedy show W1A, the corporation's head of people development made the name change, saying appraisals were 'not about appraising someone's performance'.
The decision to get rid of 'appraisals' for all BBC staff, of which 6,000 work at New Broadcasting House in central London - where the series is set - was made earlier this month.
Staff said the decision was 'ridiculous' and 'baffling' - typifying the double speak and gobbledegook on the show W1A - a parody of life at the BBC starring Hugh Bonneville as bungling Head of Values Ian Fletcher and 'brand BBC consultant' Siobhan Sharpe, played by Jessica Hynes.
One BBC worker, who has worked at the broadcaster for more than ten years, said last week: 'It seems like every day there is something new to deal with and some new terminology someone in 'creative thinking' has dreamt up.
'If it isn't some new buzzword, its the endless pain of hot-desking or some ridiculous new set up for booking a meeting room.'
He added: 'The simple thing about appraisals as they used to be was that you went in and sat with your boss and tried to impress them with how well you were doing and they either agreed or they didn't.
'Now it looks like it's something totally different than what an appraisal should be, that is one person getting appraised by another.'
He wrote in the BBC's in-house magazine Ariel last week: 'Why has one perfectly suitable word of three syllables, 'appraisal', been replaced by three words totalling nine syllables, 'performance development review'?
'Such unnecessary jargon typifies management at the BBC and makes it a laughing stock in places such as Private Eye.'
Kate Sloggett, the head of people development, explained the name had been changed to 'reflect the fact' that appraisals were not just about 'appraising the other's performance'.
She said: 'We've changed the name to reflect the fact that these conversations shouldn't be just about one person 'appraising' the other's performance.
'A Performance Development Review should provide an opportunity to discuss a person's role and career in a honest conversation.
'We want staff to focus on their ideas and ambitions for development and how they might want to get on in their career as well as receiving feedback on their work over the past year.'
- Corporation's head of people development says appraisals were 'not about appraising someone's performance'
- Staff at the BBC have described the change as 'ridiculous and baffling'
- Move resembles a plot line from the broadcaster's comedy series W1A
By Lucy Crossley for MailOnline
The BBC has scrapped staff appraisals in favour of 'performance development reviews' so bosses and workers can have an 'honest two-way conversation' with each other, it has been revealed.
In a move which could have come from plot line to comedy show W1A, the corporation's head of people development made the name change, saying appraisals were 'not about appraising someone's performance'.
The decision to get rid of 'appraisals' for all BBC staff, of which 6,000 work at New Broadcasting House in central London - where the series is set - was made earlier this month.
Staff said the decision was 'ridiculous' and 'baffling' - typifying the double speak and gobbledegook on the show W1A - a parody of life at the BBC starring Hugh Bonneville as bungling Head of Values Ian Fletcher and 'brand BBC consultant' Siobhan Sharpe, played by Jessica Hynes.
One BBC worker, who has worked at the broadcaster for more than ten years, said last week: 'It seems like every day there is something new to deal with and some new terminology someone in 'creative thinking' has dreamt up.
'If it isn't some new buzzword, its the endless pain of hot-desking or some ridiculous new set up for booking a meeting room.'
He added: 'The simple thing about appraisals as they used to be was that you went in and sat with your boss and tried to impress them with how well you were doing and they either agreed or they didn't.
'Now it looks like it's something totally different than what an appraisal should be, that is one person getting appraised by another.'
He wrote in the BBC's in-house magazine Ariel last week: 'Why has one perfectly suitable word of three syllables, 'appraisal', been replaced by three words totalling nine syllables, 'performance development review'?
'Such unnecessary jargon typifies management at the BBC and makes it a laughing stock in places such as Private Eye.'
Kate Sloggett, the head of people development, explained the name had been changed to 'reflect the fact' that appraisals were not just about 'appraising the other's performance'.
She said: 'We've changed the name to reflect the fact that these conversations shouldn't be just about one person 'appraising' the other's performance.
'A Performance Development Review should provide an opportunity to discuss a person's role and career in a honest conversation.
'We want staff to focus on their ideas and ambitions for development and how they might want to get on in their career as well as receiving feedback on their work over the past year.'