Working hard but not being evaluated | Companies have different evaluation criteria
If you work hard, you will be evaluated.
If you say the right things, they will be understood.
If you produce results, you will be noticed.
There was a time when I believed that.
However, companies have evaluation criteria that are separate from work ability.
In the past, I always thought like this.
Work is something that gets evaluated if you work hard and produce results.
Therefore,
Finding issues
Thinking of improvement plans
Making essential proposals
Taking actions that lead to results
I thought that if I could do those things, I would naturally be evaluated.
But the reality was a little different.
Producing results does not necessarily mean you will be evaluated.
Making the right proposal does not necessarily mean it will be accepted.
Why?
That is because...
Companies have an "evaluation axis" separate from work ability was the case.
■ Other strengths possessed by people who are evaluated at companies
Being able to do your job is, of course, important.
But within an organization, that alone is sometimes not enough.
For example,
The ability to share information in a way that is easy for your boss to evaluate
The ability to report at the right time
The ability to lay the groundwork and move things forward
The ability to identify winning themes
The ability to communicate logical arguments in a way that gets them accepted
These are the skills.
This is not about sucking up.
The ability to understand organizational rules and connect them to results.
■ What I overlooked
In the past, I...
I believed that "if you say the right thing, it will be understood" and "if you produce results, you will be evaluated."
That is what I believed.
But a company does not move on logic alone.
It does not move on results alone.
It is also a place that moves based on people, relationships, and structure.
Because I did not understand that, I took a bit of a detour.
■ Not being evaluated does not mean you lack ability
If you are currently feeling...
Working hard but not being evaluated
Capable at work but not being rewarded
Why do people who are good at playing the system get evaluated?
If you feel that way,
it is not that you lack ability,
It might just be that the rules of the game are different.
■ The important thing is not to blame yourself too much
The more serious you are,
you tend to think,
"I have to work harder" or "I'm not good enough."
However, it may not be a lack of effort, but rather that you
haven't realized the rules for being evaluated.
haven't realized the rules for being evaluated
is also a possibility.
■ Summary
Work skills are important.
But sometimes that alone is not enough to be evaluated in a company.
That is why,
just as much as honing your work,
knowing the evaluation criteria of that organization
is also important, I think.
■ Finally
If you are feeling unrewarded right now,
it doesn't mean your value is low,
it might just mean your "way of winning" is slightly off.
That can be changed.