WWWPD - Employee review help

[twinmomma]

Poof. Thanks!

[mommyatty]

Oh! I have successfully had this discussion!

I framed it as "protecting your personal brand". Told the person that while she was wonderful, she needed to tone down so that she didn't come off as being the class clown. That her work was very good, but people weren't seeing her work because what they noticed was how much socializing, joking, etc, she did, including in meetings.

[judyblume14]

I'm not a manager, so feel free to ignore. But what do you mean that it's impacting the people around her in a negative way? Do you mean it's just making them not like her? Because... so what? Or, do you mean that her antics are making people lose concentration, which leads to missed deadlines, etc?

If you office space pretty open? Maybe just a reminder about "in a shared workspace, we need to be mindful and considerate of our neighbors, and respect their neeed for relative quiet and calm?" And add in a personal "I know I have to remind myself of that when I start to talk to loud on conference calls, blah, blah. It's an area you could improve in as well."

[twinmomma]

mommyatty, Perfect! Thank you! That's a great way to frame it, and exactly what I'm concerned about.

[twinmomma]

judyblume14, She ends up looping other people around us into the antics, since we're in a huge open space with a lot of extroverts. So it's not ideal.

[2chatter]

I'm pretty direct - "a little less not work and a little more work - let's have some fun but not lose focus". Lunch and after work can be bigger shenanigans.

I don't ever say anything that HR can object to but I don't use a lot of sugarcoating. I'm affable and open so this sometimes shocks people but they get used to it.