This is for a Compensation course.

Answer the following questions, thoroughly explaining your stance and why you chose it:

1. In regards to an employer performing an appraisal on an employee, what about a situation where an employee has put in years of outstanding service, but recently her daughter was killed in a car accident and her husband diagnosed with terminal cancer? Her performance has slipped so much that it is bordering on unacceptable. Would you give this employee the poor performance rating that her current performance warrants, or would you inflate the rating, so as not to load further stress on the employee at this terrible juncture in her life, and in recognition of her excellent past service to the firm? Explain your position.

2. If you were a boss, how would you feel about your subordinates evaluating your performance? How would you respond to harsh or even potentially unfair criticism? Explain.

3. On personal appraisals: a. Provide an example of a time that your job performance was appraised by others (such as other students, friends, family, co-workers). b. What outcomes (postive, negative) did you receive? c. Do you think that the outcomes were justified? Why or why not?