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PERFORMANCE REVIEW PHRASES

Quality of work performance review phrases

Quality of work: Accurate, thorough work that rarely needs redoing.

Quality comments land best when they point at a specific piece of work and say what made it good or what was missing.

Replace [Name] and [example] with the person and a real piece of work.

Strengths: exceeds expectations

  • [Name]’s work is consistently accurate and rarely needs a second pass, so the team builds on it with confidence.
  • [Name] sets the quality bar for the team. [example] was thorough, well tested and ready first time.
  • [Name] thinks about edge cases others miss. Their review of [example] caught an issue that would have reached customers.
  • [Name] balances quality with speed well: thorough where it matters, quick where it does not.
  • [Name] improves the standards of the whole team by sharing checklists and reviewing others’ work kindly.
  • Customers have specifically praised the quality of [Name]’s work on [example].

Solid: meets expectations

  • [Name]’s work is reliably accurate and meets the standard we expect.
  • [Name] produces solid work. Checking edge cases before handing over would lift it further.
  • [Name] takes care over their work and corrects mistakes quickly when found.
  • [Name] follows our standards and processes consistently.
  • [Name]’s work is good; the next step is reviewing their own work as critically as they review others’.

Needs improvement

  • Several pieces of work needed rework this period, for example [example]. A short self-check before handing over would help.
  • [Name]’s work is not yet consistently at the standard needed. We will agree a checklist for [type of work] together.
  • Small errors in [example] reached the customer. Slowing down for a final check is the priority.
  • [Name] sometimes sacrifices quality to finish quickly. I would rather have the work a day later and right.
  • Feedback from reviews is not always applied to the next piece of work. I would like to see the same issue fixed once, not repeatedly.
  • [Name] does not yet ask for review on high-stakes work. Getting a second pair of eyes is part of good quality.

Self-review phrases for quality of work

  • I reduced rework on my [type of work] by adding a final checklist step.
  • I am proud of the quality of [example], which needed no changes after review.
  • I want to improve how I test my own work before handing it over.

How to make these phrases land

  • One specific example beats three adjectives. "Thorough" is a claim; "caught the pricing error before launch" is evidence.
  • Use one phrase per point and follow it with what happened. A phrase without an example reads like a template.
  • For areas to improve, say what good looks like and what support you will give.
  • Nothing in a review should be a surprise. Raise problems in one-on-ones during the year.

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