He is soon going to have an evaluation interview with his supervisor and the personnel director to discuss the work he has done in the past year.

The supervisor of the laboratory is beginning to get headaches and dizzy spells because she says it's dangerous to breathe some of the chemical smoke there.

The supervisor of personnel refused the request

In this case, the supervisor may simply need to monitor the employees closely and ensure that the deficiencies are corrected.

This situation is more serious, and the supervisor may need to take action

Some performance evaluations require supervisors to take action.

If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their enthusiasm and reduce their effort or search for a new job at a firm that will reward them for high performance

Supervisors should acknowledge high performance so that the employee will continue to perform well in the future.

Supervisors must identify the reasons for poor performance

When supervisors give employees an unfavorable evaluation, they must decide whether to take any additional actions.

But the damage to skill and craftsmanship- that's needed to build a complex airliner or a tractor, or for a worker to move up from assembler to machinist to supervisor - went largely unnoticed.

I made an effort to get my supervisor to transfer me to another department, but he urged me not to complain too loudly, because the administration is more likely to replace me than the X-ray equipment.

What has the woman asked her supervisor to do

He is soon going to have an evaluation interview with his supervisor and the personnel director to discuss the work he has done in the past year.

Graduate students and postdocs, who often are working on their lab head's grant, may have no choice if their supervisor or another senior colleague opposes sharing.