Appraisal Phrase Book
 

Seeking opinions.

Following book found in office being discussed by a couple of JOs:

Performance Appraisal Phrase Book .

I am sure there are several of these doing the rounds. Any views on the efficacy, appropriateness or other comments?

Some people believe this is cheating, whilst others take the view that anything that helps the RO put their thoughts into words can only improve the quality of their report writing.

Most of the phrases struck me as being a bit 'Americanized', and 'Management Speak', but it struck me that a version for the Armed Forces could be a money spinner, or perhaps such a document should be provided?

Your thoughts?

STH

How about this then...

' I would not trust this man to sit down on the toilet the right way around' And I'm reliably told it went off station that way too. Bless him, the individual concerned actually agreed!!!!!!!!!!!

Idle curiosity - what does "Should be given a very demanding secondary duty" mean?

Here' a nice phrase "consistantly fails to achieve the low standards he sets himself" or " he has finally managed to lower my expectations of him to a level, at which, even he can perform..."

Cheers

Old chestnuts:-

I would hesitate to breed from this officer

This officer will go through life pulling doors marked push

Keeping this officer in the RAF is depriving the village of it's idiot

I would follow this officer, but only out of curiosity

This officer has the morals of a dog but lacks the loyalty

My annual appraisal interview 2 years ago stated that ' I didn't suffer fools gladly and unfortunately I judged my Senior Management to be fools' Harsh but true!!!:

Or how about:

This man would be out of his depth in a puddle;

The only time she opens her mouth it is to change the foot that was in there originally;

This officer hit rock bottom and has now begun to dig;

Or one of my favourites.....

This man has used my ship for the sole purpose of transporting his testicles half way around the world

:E

From an ACR of a few years back....

It would be fair to say that X is a very funny man. Indeed, he has the comic wit and timing that any stand-up comedian would be proud of.
Sadly, being a comedian isn't a prerequisite for being a good co-pilot.

Cheers sir.....

My favourites include the following-

With regards to a JNCO RAF Policeman -
'Unfortunatley Cpl **** is less reliable than his dog'

'Cpl ***** believes that all women are put on this earth for his own personal use'

''A badly drawn airman' is how JT *****'s appearance could best be described'


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As one who once received the ACR comment: "Does not suffer fools" (tempered at the debrief by the RO's admission that "I was going to add 'gladly', but on reflection I decided that you do not suffer them full stop."), I would just add my favourite 'Appraisal Phrase':
"XXXXXXX is like an untrained gundog: incredibly keen but absolutely useless".

When he starts the engine this man sets in train a chain of events over which he has no further control.

or

...sets himself abysmally low standards which he consistently fails to achieve.

From an ACR of mine in the bad old days of closed reporting:

"(SirToppamHat) would make an excellent ADC, if only he were Tall and Slim."

I found this out during a 'career brief', when the Posting Officer started reading one of my ACRs to herself and suddenly burst out laughing. I forced her to tell me what it was she found so amusing. As far as I know, the original line didn't go on to say:

"...and female and blonde."

From a Cranwell QFI's report:
"This student is incapable of doing two things at once, and since he HAS to breathe.............."

We once had a chap who was accused by his Flt Cdr (a total tosser) of having "Unofficer-like bone structure"....

True!

Another pompous fart wrote that "Bloggs is one of nature's bachelors", thinking that his oh-so witty prose meant that Bloggs hooted and roared, rooted and whored as a carefree singly. But what he'd actually written was a Victorian soubriquet which meant "Bloggs is a poof"

'Bloggs', having had the benefit of a better education than the ex-grammar school oik writing about him, was naturally pretty pissed off!

Yes, very good so far........ but in answer to STH's original question - I have to admit to using a variant of said publication (US), and yes it did help, and no, I didn't consider it cheating. Although, I did think the trick was to take the stock phrases as stimulus to form better yourself!

From an Officer Efficiency Report (OER) from my US Army days....CW2 Dogface is an excellent worker when chased down and cornered.

From a flying assesment at Valley:

QFI wrote "This student is gash".

CFI returned it with the comment "please use correct English!!"

QFI changed report to read: "This student are gash!!"

"xxxx has the appearance of a sicilian organ grinder and the morals of his monkey".

UAS QFIs had to complete 'Progress, Attitude and Technique' assessments on their students...

One of my little beggars failed to turn up for the entire first term I was on the UAS even though he had no exuse. He didn't even turn up to Training Nights. Come 'PAT' time, I merely wrote "Who?"

The CFI returned it and told me to re-write more... So I wrote "Who is APO Bloggs? He has yet to introduce himself to his QFI. He has made no progress at all this term. His attitude is questionable, his technique unassessable".

He was booted out the next day!

A fellow Chipmoth QFI wrote of Bloggs - "holds the control column like a King Cobra (that is, if he would hold a King Cobra like I would hold a King Cobra)!" Later in the course, same instructor observed "is making friends with the King Cobra!"