PDR

[Blueberrypie001]

Despite the deadline for PDRs having been extended and since closed, I have still not had my PDR.

I have been patient, as there is a restructure within Professional Support, and a number of changes following proposals to drop some professions all together, merge and even close schools.

I thought that maybe they were waiting to see what the new structure would look like before setting new objectives for the coming year. So, I haven't really pushed to get my PDR done as I would rather have relevant and motivating objectives to work against going forward.

However, as the extended deadline has now gone, I am worried this could be a sign that I am likely to be made redundant.

Is anyone else in the same situation? Could it be a sign that my role is going to be made redundant?

I can only speak as an academic but PDRs in my place are a bit hit and miss and when the workload is overwhelming (like it is all the time) the PDRs get kicked further and further down the road. It’s only if people are on pathways to permanency that there’s a timeline anyone adheres to

For us it all depends on the reviewer. One who considers research above all else and doesn't engage in citizenship or administration will just not do it or will ask you to complete the forms and they'll sign it off without a conversation.

i m the mug who asks her whole team to plan 1hour sessions when the PDR open to reflect on previous objectives and set new ones, with a follow on conversation a month later.

I'd complete the form as much as possible on your own, you can fill most of it out before any discussion usually. Can you ask your admin lead/P&C link person in your department what should happen?

Four years into this post and I have never had a PDR and there is no sign of it ever happening. My contract was renewed at the 11th hour without discussion (after I had enquired many times but heard nothing). I suspect permanency is not in my future though. But who knows? It's a mystery....

In my department there's a few people who get routinely missed from PDR allocations - this is because they sit in a bit of a weird place within the institution in that their posts are funded from Central Services but the department has long insisted that they need to "sit" with us and be managed by our HoD (which makes zero sense and is one more consequence of my department thinking it is super duper exceptional and deserving of all sorts of accommodations). These people normally e-mail HR to "remind" them and they are promptly allocated a reviewer but I was wondering whether with all the restructuring at your place there might be something similar going on here? Like you temporarily "sitting" somewhere that you didn't expect, or your line manager changing and the new one thinking the old one would do the PDR and viceversa...

I was PS at an RG I never once had a PDR as it just kept getting put off due to workload. I'd complete the form to the best of your ability. Is your system automated so it'll get sent to your reviewer when you complete your sections?