Everyone is in panic whenever a year end evaluation or appraisal is coming. As managers, we oftentimes asked our subordinates to make a review status or evaluation with their performance. Employee assessment involves reading the notes of your performance and attitude throughout the assessment period. But what if you received a  bad review or evaluation? How would you react and handle the situation? Here are some techniques that you can find uselful.

1. Read your review very carefully and don’t respond immediately.

2.Take time to determine if the negative review is really unjust or if you’re just taking offense at being criticized.

3. If you can honestly say that you’ve received an unfair review, make an appointment to meet with the person who wrote it.

 4. Acknowledge any points that are correct. 5. Use clear examples to contradict those points you feel are untrue. Use a paper trail to back yourself up.  6.You’ve realized your reviewer was fair. The truth hurts, but you can use a bad review as a learning experience.

7.Make an appointment to meet with your boss so you can find out how to improve your performance. 8.Keep a paper trail of everything you do, beginning with that meeting. You’ll want to have evidence of the effort you’ve made to improve your performance. 9.If you follow your boss’s suggestions, next year’s review should be much better.