Appraisal, 360 degree: 1. Appraisal in which everyone with whom you work is consulted, regardless of status. 2. Annoying, touchy-feely modern HR development in which the tea lady has a say about whether you get a pay rise or not; fertile opportunity for colleagues to shaft you completely, whilst hiding behind the veil of anonymity; erratic and inconsistent scoring system which seems to have no pattern from one review to another; confused even further by having a different appraiser every time; pointless, ill-informed chat with so-called line manager who doesn’t give a shit. (see Appraisal, one degree; Line manager; Performance review; Shafted down the river, yourself)

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