Reply #33: Has the restaurant been slow lately?

[Kickoutthejams23]

I only ask because this sounds like a cover her a$$ idea from the manager. As you stated she doesn't have the education or the experience that would qualifier her to do such a thing. And the restaurant has no previous history of doing so. It sounds like she is trying to show the owners that she is on top of things.

Another couple of points.

1. Restaurant managers (esp ones working for a regular mom and pop place) are woefully underpaid compared to managers running similar sized businesses. Take into consideration the stress, employee turnover and hours worked I can sympathize with the occasional bouts of Power Trips esp on a busy night like Saturday when you get to see her in action.

2. Very few performance reviews have anything to do with your actual job. They are a common excuse for a little formal face to face time between Manager and each employee. It sounds like she got a fairly generic one off the internet and as these things go it sounds pretty tame. (Try filling one out that asks you how much you like to steal 60 different ways or one of those wonky psych ones that ask you to describe your feelings when you see a picture of a mother and child. UGH)

3. Managers do use them to put employees they are looking to get rid off on notice. It has nothing to do with the answers on the performance review and everything to do with the hundred little things about the employee that bugged the manager in the last year.

If you like your Saturday gig I'd fill it out with good humor and smile at your boss.