performance appraisal 8 j# B+ P% B; d" @' D9 S# g formal evaluation of an employee's achievement of (or failure to achieve) previously established goals* X5 _5 J$ ~) v. a. n# U% d
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After their first six months, all new employees met with their supervisors and received a written performance appraisal; older employees had a performance appraisal every year.