I fought for getting a 4/5 rating at an old job and gave lots of examples. Their argument was that I didn't deserve it because those were just expected. I pointed out my work compared to others in my team and was told that it compares across the company, not the team. I kept causing a fuss about it because I was so angry about it and finally my manager said something about the bonuses has already been communicated and people would be angry to get less. I was confused because I didn't want more money, I was just offended they said I was performing on average when I was going above and beyond every day. It was also really embarrassing to me. If they'd just said the rating doesn't affect anything except your bonus I wouldn't have even cared.

The whole thing is all BS.

[–] Natanael 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

finally my manager said something about the bonuses has already been communicated and people would be angry to get less

That's because they have a fixed budget and the proportions are tied to evaluated performance tiers, increasing your rating would contractually require them to compensate you more from the same pool of money

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That fixed budget is what they always say. The budget for the company is their problem, not yours.

[–] Natanael 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Upper management can certainly increase the budget. Your line manager probably can't

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah exactly. So it keeps everyone in their place, powerless to change anything within the structure that exist. Exactly as intended.

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