Performance Development Review (PDR)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Roles

• Q. Who is involved in the PDR process?
  There are four separate roles in the PDR process. Firstly there is the Reviewee, the person whose performance is being reviewed. Next, there are the three successive line managers, who are called the Reviewer, the Manager and the Senior Manager.  While there could be four different people involved in the process, this won’t always be the case. If required, one person can perform more than one role, e.g. one person could fulfil both the Manager’s and Senior Manager’s roles.
• Q. Whose responsibility is it to complete a Performance & Development Review?
  Although it is your Reviewer’s responsibility to complete the performance review; it is important that you contribute fully, prior to and during the review: discussion between Reviewee and Reviewer is a critical element of the process.
• Q. What would happen if my supervisor or manager was absent for an extended period?
  Your PDR would be allocated to an alternative supervisor, capable of carrying out this procedure. If for any reason this was not possible, your PDR would be delayed until its completion could be carried out credibly (as per existing appraisal arrangements).
• Q. What would happen if I was sick or on maternity leave?
  Your PDR can be deferred if an extended period of absence has occupied a significant part of the review period. The effect(s) of shorter periods of absence on your performance can be recorded in Section 4 of the form (Attendance), which has been provided for that purpose. Similarly, your objectives can be reviewed to take account of any absence.
• Q. What happens if I am on secondment outwith my Force/Organisation?
  If you are working outside the Force, e.g. on Central Service, your normal in-force Reviewer can select a ‘Manual’ process.  This means that the appropriate form will be created in ‘Word’ format and e-mailed to your ‘external Reviewer’ (line manager) for completion.  Once completed, the form will then be e-mailed back to your Force/Organisation and attached to your personal record.