Kyle wrote:
> This is a bit of a rant, but I think I have good reason.
> 
> I've been working for my company for almost 20 years.  My manager has not given me a
formal evaluation in seven years, even though I get an "I'm working on it" every year
when I ask about it.
> 
> Last week, I reminded him of my review date passing yet again this year, and I
received a reply from him that states that I need to write my own review.  Note that
this is not a self-evaluation for
> comparison against my formal review that he will write.  He wants me to write my
formal evaluation and he will then modify/append to it.  Ok, WTF?!?
> 
> Now I received another message from him that states that my review is due to him
before the end of June.  So, basically he is seven years late and now wants me to have
it done for him in a couple of
> weeks.  
> 
> Would I be wrong in telling him to shove it?  I'm becoming quite pissed about this
whole situation.

In the US military, this is expressly prohibited ("Do not have the ratee 
write or draft any portion of the report" is the verbiage from Air Force 
Instruction 36-2406), but except for people who are out of favor, the 
practice is universally ignored if the ratee is an officer or an NCO.

Granted, the supervisor is free to change anything in the report, and in 
fact every Tom, Dick and Harriet in the chain of command makes whatever 
changes the feel like making, so the effect of this violation is minimal.

Regards,
John

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