Employee appraisal interviews create space for personal feedback, goal-setting and shared development. With digital support, preparation, delivery and evaluation can be structured more easily – including across distributed teams.
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Paperless, software-supported employee appraisal interviews
Employee appraisal interviews are generally conducted in person. The benefits are clear. However, do not overlook the advantages of paperless employee appraisal interviews:
- No need to manage printed interview forms
- Simple, fast evaluation
- No interviewer bias
- More honest answers thanks to the perceived anonymity and distance of the internet
- Available anytime, anywhere, worldwide
- Automatic visualisation of an employee’s development, for example using comparison scales
- A psychologically less tense interview atmosphere through the use of a digital medium
- Low costs and little administrative effort, with the right survey tool
Give feedback on employee appraisal interviews online
Employee appraisal interviews themselves are measures that can certainly be improved. We therefore recommend collecting feedback on them online, from both managers and employees.
Example: managers’ feedback after training on employee appraisal interviews
Example: gathering expectations for training on employee appraisal interviews
You can find these and more than 100 other free questionnaire templates for customer and employee surveys on our overview page: questionnaire templates and examples. You can copy the questionnaires into your own LamaPoll account by clicking “Use”, then adapt them to your survey projects as needed.
Criticism of and alternatives to employee appraisal interviews
Employee appraisal interviews are increasingly becoming a target of criticism. A particular concern is that managers are required by the personnel office or HR department to speak with employees, collect feedback and assess them at the same time. However, managers increasingly see themselves as part of the team rather than as a hierarchically superior boss. Giving a negative assessment that may have adverse consequences for an employee is not always in their interests. And feedback without a coach is often of little benefit to the employee. The lack of anonymity is also criticised: manager and employee are in a relationship with consequences, and the HR department also receives the results. How reliable can they be? Mutual feedback within the team is often recommended to resolve issues and improve efficiency. It is also recommended that feedback be sent to the employee rather than HR, with a coach alongside them to work through opportunities for improvement together.
What is LamaPoll?
LamaPoll is a survey tool for creating employee surveys and measuring employee satisfaction. You can use it to create, conduct and analyse all types of employee survey. Create your employee survey in just a few steps, apply your organisation’s corporate design and invite employees conveniently by email or via your intranet. You can quickly gain insights that help improve employee satisfaction. You can register for our survey tool free of charge and immediately conduct surveys for up to 50 employees with no obligation. If you need more responses to your online employee survey questionnaire, simply choose one of our monthly plans. You can also use our employee survey questionnaire templates and examples.
