- Peer pressure: most employees would rather meet team or department goals than sweat for the glory of one boss. Knowing peers are rating them fosters more of a team attitude
- Peer perspective: people working side by side, especially those performing similar tasks, have a unique ‘on the ground’ perspective of their peers’ behaviours
- Peer predictions: employee evaluation forms completed by peers have proven to be excellent predictors of future performance, making them particularly useful for employee development.
- A description of the specific work behaviours which are essential to carry out the job description
- Questions that are relevant to the raters’ day-to-day activities, such as, “Does the employee ensure that deadlines are met?”
- Questions that focus on broader social behaviours, such as, “Does the employee treat everyone fairly?”
- The opportunity to indicate whether they have actually observed the conduct firsthand, so no one has to guess
- The opportunity to break confidentiality if desired, in order to maintain a healthy work environment that encourages mutual respect, openness and trust.