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Is this a performance review

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hummous123 · 08/11/2025 17:06

New starter of two/three months has emailed everyone an email along the lines of "great being part of the team and here's where I need training".

It was the whole team..... I don't interact with her whatsoever.

Is she being performanced managed or potential to be?

Or am I over thinking?

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hummous123 · 08/11/2025 18:41

ShesTheAlbatross · 08/11/2025 18:36

Has she definitely not just been asked by her manager “if there’s bits you think you need training on, ask the team if anyone can help you” and this is how she’s chosen to do it.

It was to everyone, and didn't specify who would give her training.

I find there is a disconnect between her ability and was the job requires... And her level of responsibility is quite low

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Bambamhoohoo · 08/11/2025 18:38

Either she’s had some feedback that she’s not dealt with in a very elegant way (you need to use the team more to support you) or there is something going on in the background- I’ve had exactly this at my company and it ended up being an informal 360 feedback thing for someone who was on shaky ground (ended up staying though)

ShesTheAlbatross · 08/11/2025 18:36

Has she definitely not just been asked by her manager “if there’s bits you think you need training on, ask the team if anyone can help you” and this is how she’s chosen to do it.

Gliblet · 08/11/2025 18:35

Maybe she's hoping someone with more experience and knowledge will say 'I can help you with this bit...'. A few people doing that and you upskill new starters in much less time than if everyone says 'ooh but shouldn't that be someone else's job?'. As for the things she wants to learn being above her current pay grade, good for her. She's trying to learn the things she'll need in the future instead of just knowing enough to get stuck where she is. I wish more people were that proactive about their career prospects and skills tbh.

HoskinsChoice · 08/11/2025 18:29

That is very odd! Is it some kind of cover so she can be deliberately crap at everything and then blame everyone else because she told everyone she needed training but you didn't help?

I'd be tempted to email her back and say that you dont wish to embarrass her but does she realise she sent it to everyone and not just her manager so that you're subtly but definitively telling her she's out of order.

EBearhug · 08/11/2025 18:20

She might be used to a different culture from her previous job. Or maybe she thought Fred will pipe up and say, I can show you that on Tuesday and Sarah say, we can go through that at month end. I don't know.

The easiest way to find out is to ask her why she mailed everyone. None of us is psychic, so we can't know.

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hummous123 · 08/11/2025 17:26

EBearhug · 08/11/2025 17:12

It might just be she's been there long enough to see what bits she now knows and where she knows she still needs support - she now understands what she doesn't know, whereas 2-3 months ago, everything was new.

I hadn't been in position much longer in my current job before I set up knowledge sharing sessions, so everyone in the team could give overviews of their specialisms to everyone else, so we're better fixed when someone is out on leave. (Some of them are better than others st teamwork...)

Why email the whole team?

Wouldn't you just email your manager?

I don't want to sound rude/dismissive etc but she wants to have a lot of training on a lot of things but I don't see how a lot of it is relevant to her salary (couple of K over MW). A lot of it wouldn't be her level of responsibility and she seems to have a bit of trouble doing the admin jobs to the required stantard.

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EBearhug · 08/11/2025 17:12

It might just be she's been there long enough to see what bits she now knows and where she knows she still needs support - she now understands what she doesn't know, whereas 2-3 months ago, everything was new.

I hadn't been in position much longer in my current job before I set up knowledge sharing sessions, so everyone in the team could give overviews of their specialisms to everyone else, so we're better fixed when someone is out on leave. (Some of them are better than others st teamwork...)

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