At my last company, we got raises and reviews at the same time every year. It was nice knowing you could count on that - but at the same time, unless you got a sudden promotion, you knew you weren’t getting a raise until that time next year. (Lucky me - I did get a promotion, and a few months later when my manager left, petitioned to our operations manager for more and got it again!)

In my new job, they used to be a bit lax about reviews…but not raises. I’ve got a raise once or twice a year, ever year, but this year was the first time I ever had a formal review. I guess someone finally purchased some employee evaluation software and got the ball rolling on doing scheduled reviews! Programs like ManagerAssistant make doing reviews easy. With this program, you can track employee performance and activities and use the software to review that employee as often as you’d like. No more checking one spreadsheet to see how often an employee called in absent or came in late…because it’s all in one spot. The newest version of ManagerAssistant will be launched in just a few weeks.

Another reason I like them? The company is right in my area…they’re based out of St. Petersburg, FL. I love supporting local companies!