Thanks to all for sparing time and sharing the golden words on this subject. My past experiences with ITES & Telecom companies are that the PMS is a tool, not a method to inculcate any sense of performance measurement. In today's fast moving time, where revenue growth is challenged every quarter - annual PMS as a tool/method becomes joke. And since, organization can’t do away with it, it has become a playground. PMS has become like carrot - like you do this to get score, else negative ratings. Pile of work is so much that there is always a pile of work which is pending and stinking, and when same comes to light, the focus on PMS is shown again. I consider, some people don’t have enough of what it takes to move organizations/ departments/ functions towards results/ success, and hence they abuse PMS and annual assessment method.
Long extended work hours, on routine fashion, can’t be accepted, while the personal & family life goes completely unnoticed.
I continue to wish to understand if there is a way to at least empower ourselves (employees), if not unions. Yoga and all are the ways to accept the work pressure and digest, and release same.
After all, most large enterprises have to obey Laws.
Regards
Chetan Agrawal