Question

You’ve received your raise pool for the year and it’s not as big as you had hoped. You fear that you won’t be able to provide the kind of raises you think most of your employees deserve. The only problem is that the human resources department requires that performance evaluation scores be aligned with raises. Thus, you won’t be able to give your employees high performance scores and low raises, but rather you’ll have to downgrade their performance scores to match their raise amounts. Which of the following actions is most likely to help you promote a greater sense of fairness among your employees? Select: 1Save Answer Find support for giving lower performance evaluations so as to send a consistent message. Tell employees the situation and have them each file grievances with the HR department. Present an accurate performance appraisal and explain why raises are not commensurate with their actual performance. Tell HR that you won’t participate in performance appraisals this year

Answer 1

The correct answer is option (3)

Reason - Presenting an accurate performance appraisal will help the employees to know where they actually stand and thus reflect their tru productivity and would not lead to any resentment or feeling of unfairness that downgrading of performance can create.

On the other hand, explanation of low raise can enable the employees to know the truth behind low raises and thus prevent the unnecessary mis-understanding or rumour mongering.

This will enable the employees to exactly understand the mis-match between performance score and raise and also the manager's point of view and would promote the greater sense of fairness among employees.