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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I try not to pay attention to this garbage. It's SOOOOO manager dependent, office dependent, agency dependent. I've found it has little to do with my performance in a particular year.

Under the old 5-level system, I once went from Outstanding to Fully Successful in consecutive years - same job, and I thought I was doing the same level of work. When I asked my supervisor about it, he told me the higher up wanted it (the higher up was new), and had given him no feedback as to why. I thought about inquiring further or filing a grievance, which apparently, you're able to do when you drop two levels. But I decided not to "cause trouble," and let it go. Every time I haven't been given the top level rating, I get a different version of crap: we're now told we can only give a few at the highest level, you didn't luck out and have the kind of work that could lead to you have the highest level this year, etc. I think it's pretty purely political. They give the highest ratings to the folks they're afraid will leave and aren't able to pay more. As I'm already one of the highest paid in the office and older, they figure there's no harm in taking me for granted.

I've had to made peace with the fact that the system is garbage. I had two offices that aren't mine give me cash awards for my excellent work this year, which is pretty rare in my agency. In other words, they shared their office's budget with someone outside, taking away from their own employees. One award was over $1000. On another few projects, I was nominated for national awards. My work is regularly recognized by the higher ups in the monthly emails that go out to our wider office. I've volunteered for many projects outside of my lane. Bet I still don't get the highest rating this year!! And that's okay - I've been recognized in other ways and know I'm doing great work.[/quote]

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