Performance Management

2023 Changes

Classified Employees:

• Annual Evaluations for all Classified employees will be conducted on July 1, 2023, through August 18, 2023.
  • Employees employed for less than 90 days (hired on August 3,2023 and thereafter) should receive the rating of Not Evaluated on their Annual Evaluation. Annual Evaluations will NOT be canceled for these employees.
• Planning Sessions for all Classified employees will be conducted on September 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023.
• There will be no changes in Workday to the Annual Evaluation and Planning Session for Classified employees. 

Unclassified/Other Academic Employees:

The performance period for Unclassified and Other Academic employees will be based on a calendar year, rather than a fiscal year. Please be advised that a transition period will take place from July 1 to December 15, 2023. 

Annual Evaluations
The new evaluation period for Unclassified and Other Academic employees will occur from November 1 through December 15, 2023. You can expect the following changes during this time: 

• Major Responsibilities: weighting changed to 70%
• Competencies: weighting changed to 30%
• Goals and Development Items: no changes
• Ratings: there will be a 5-point rating scale: Exceptional, Successful, Unsuccessful, Needs Improvement, and Not Evaluated.
  • Employees employed for less than 90 days (hired on August 3,2023 and thereafter) should receive the rating of Not Evaluated on their Annual Evaluation. Annual Evaluations will NOT be canceled for these employees.
• Routing: a second-level evaluator (manager’s manager) will only be required for Unsuccessful and Needs Improvement. This will assist in faster completion during a shortened evaluation period. If a second-level evaluator would like to provide feedback to an employee, it will need to be given to the evaluating manager before the evaluation is submitted in Workday.

Planning Sessions 

• During the transition period of July 1, 2023, through December 15, 2023, Planning Sessions will only be conducted for new hires and must be completed within 30 days of the new employee starting with LSU.
• The standard Planning Session period will occur in January 2024 for Unclassified and Other Academic employees.

For any questions, please contact HRM Performance Management at hrmperformance@lsu.edu. 

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Performance Evaluation System: Classified & Unclassified Employees

The campus Performance Evaluation System represents a continuous process of planning, communication, evaluation, development and recognition and reward between the employee and the supervisor within the department. The annual evaluation provides an opportunity to formally review each employee as part of the Performance Management System.

The Performance Evaluation System is designed to ensure that performance is properly defined and evaluated for each employee and feedback is provided year-round. Managing performance is an important year-long collaborative process and is crucial to achieving LSU's Flagship Agenda.

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Faculty Annual Review 

Information related to Faculty Annual Reviews can be found on the Office of Academic Affairs website.