I am quitting my job this week, but my assistant editor's review is due.

[eyesroll]

By quitting my job, I mean putting in notice, not walking off. I'll be working for another few weeks.

So: If you were due for a semi-annual review (just performance; no pay discussions), would you prefer it if your supervisor gave it to you before or after announcing they were quitting?

I will be recommending my assistant get promoted to my position, if that sways you one way or another, but I don't have much of a say in that.

And, on edit: His review will get done regardless, so I can't quit to avoid doing it.

[NewWaveChick1981]

1. Give the review, then quit.

That way, you have no unfinished business when you leave. :)

[eyesroll]

2. I'll be giving the review regardless, but my concern with giving the

review first: I'll have to include goals/things for improvement in the review, and I'm worried it'll come off as disingenous if a day later, I announce I'm leaving, since the goals may become moot (if he gets promoted).

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. That's a little different.

If it were me, I'd appreciate my supervisor taking the time to complete my review before leaving---it shows that he/she cared enough to take care of it. However, you know your staff better than I do, so you are right in considering what their perceptions would be. As a supervisor, I think it would be in the staff's best interest to lay the groundwork for the next editor, even if it's an internal promotion. :)

Just my .02...:)

[eyesroll]

4. Yeah, I'll absolutely give the review before leaving (unless they escort

me out of the building right then and there...which doesn't happen here); it'd just have a completely different character if my ass't knew I was leaving vs. if I hadn't said anything yet.

I'll have the written portion completed before I give notice, though.

[grace0418]

5. Well maybe you could be a little more general when you talk about

goals/things to be improved. Make those goals something that could be translated into the assistant's current or future position. Or, if you feel you can trust the assistant, perhaps mention to him that you will be recommending him for a promotion in the near future. Maybe schedule the review for the day before you give notice.

[eyesroll]

6. Hm, strange.

I posted this here and on a law-school board. (I'm quitting to go to law school.)

The people over there were strongly in favor of giving notice, THEN doing the review. Here it's the opposite.

[wildhorses]

7. what is their reasoning?

just curious as to the thinking process...

[eyesroll]

9. Most people voted but didn't comment -- but those who did said

it'd just be nicer from an honesty standpoint. If I gave him the review (in which we'd usually discuss some specific work goals that would change upon my departure), then announced I was quitting a day later, he'd rightly feel like I had been hiding something and like the review was pretty worthless.

[HEyHEY]

8. Fire him - then quit!

[seaglass]

10. Can you do it the same day? Give notice to your boss and

not have them announce it, then you tell your employee during the review?

If you are recommending your employee for the position, would your boss give you feedback on your suggestion? I'm just thinking that your boss's response to your recommendation could work into the goal-setting with your employee - whether your boss's response is favorable or not.

If you can't give notice on the same day, I would still recommend doing it before the review.