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Anonymous wrote:Only 5s get QSIs????? I received a perfect 5 last year and was told it was the only one my boss had ever given in 20 years of managing. It’s the first I’d ever received too. Didn’t get a QSI though because I’d been given one half way through the year and you can’t get 2 a year.

Only 5s can get QSIs, but not all 5s get QSIs. As someone mentioned above, they’re expensive so usually only one or two people in each work unit can get one. Some offices require that you have a perfect 5 (vs a rounded up 5) to get one.

Sorry I wasn’t clear. I get a QSI about every other year and I’ve never received a 5 before.

You are most likely getting a Within Grade Increase (WGI). Same outcome, but QSIs are performance based. You can get a WGI and QSI in the same year.

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Pp here. I know what a WGI is. I’m saying I get a QSI about every other year. I have only received a perfect 5 once. I’m an excellent employee. I’ve heard from HR that 5’s are very very rare. Usually one out of thousands of employees. Normally I get 3 5’s and then a 4. And it’s kind of bs and random what section I get the 4 in.

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Anonymous wrote:Only 5s get QSIs????? I received a perfect 5 last year and was told it was the only one my boss had ever given in 20 years of managing. It’s the first I’d ever received too. Didn’t get a QSI though because I’d been given one half way through the year and you can’t get 2 a year.

Only 5s can get QSIs, but not all 5s get QSIs. As someone mentioned above, they’re expensive so usually only one or two people in each work unit can get one. Some offices require that you have a perfect 5 (vs a rounded up 5) to get one.

Sorry I wasn’t clear. I get a QSI about every other year and I’ve never received a 5 before.

You are most likely getting a Within Grade Increase (WGI). Same outcome, but QSIs are performance based. You can get a WGI and QSI in the same year.

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Anonymous wrote:Just coming here to say, all work performance ratings are bullshit. Try not to take anything personally. It’s annoyingly tied to raises and bonuses though.

I agree. It was important at first, but I don’t care so much now. I put in an honest days work and the rest is out of my hands. And honestly, in the end maybe I get an extra $1-2k bonus for a 5 rating and it’s taxed at a high rate anyway. Whatevs.

This, and it's all agency and supervisor dependent, too. I got all 5/5 on a performance review and got like a $300 award. Not worth it, and my boss grades on a curve and rations 5s within the group because the department head made an offhand comment once about how no one's whole team should get all 5s, so it's whomever is her favorite at the time and not a measurement against KSA expectations like private sector.

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Anonymous wrote:Just coming here to say, all work performance ratings are bullshit. Try not to take anything personally. It’s annoyingly tied to raises and bonuses though.

I agree. It was important at first, but I don’t care so much now. I put in an honest days work and the rest is out of my hands. And honestly, in the end maybe I get an extra $1-2k bonus for a 5 rating and it’s taxed at a high rate anyway. Whatevs.