When looking back at past Performance Reports, what are some glaring differences or suprising items to find in them?

MSgt Matthew Meindl — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 18:24:55 -0400

As I go back into the performance reports, it strikes me: 1) How much "white space" is in the older reports as compared to the newer ones having the requirement to fill all spaces with type, 2) How weak some of the statements were allowed to be, 3) The change in writing styles between supervisors, and 4) Finding a bullet that somebody else did.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 29 at 2015 9:55 PM

Capt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:55:21 -0400

My favorite was "Lt Smith is a fast learner. He never makes the same mistake twice. But, it seems he is tryng to make them all once."

Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Aug 29 at 2015 9:58 PM

TSgt Joshua Copeland — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:58:59 -0400

The one that slays me now is the wrap around double line bullet. I have a few early EPRs that have them. They are so much easier to understand what the heck I did, but now my head kind of explode thinking about all the "wasted space".

Response by PO3 Sherry Thornburg made Aug 29 at 2015 10:08 PM

PO3 Sherry Thornburg — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:08:53 -0400

In civilian world, I've had to write my own performance reports and submit them to my supervisor. Document everything I did in the last 4 months, routine or on my own initiative. Add in all the promotional stuff, the team campaigns as well as the volunteer stuff I agreed to do in the company's name. Then I had to compose a summery about how good an employee I was. I'm ok with tooting my own horn now and then, but some quarters, we weren't doing anything special, so I had to really reach to make anything sound of value, and the company wanted that. Its grueling no matter how it's done.

I think if I had just said, "Sherry did what needed doing." I'd have been fired, but sometimes that's all it added up to.

Response by MSgt Niclas Svensson made Aug 30 at 2015 12:51 AM

MSgt Niclas Svensson — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 00:51:49 -0400

Several of my early EPRs had wraparound bullets as well as sub-bullets. Also, a few had 5-10 spaces of white at the end of the line...never get away with that stuff nowadays.