When you hire an employee, you are always hopeful that the contractual arrangement will be a perfect fit for both you and the employee. But what happens when things begin to go wrong...

When people work for you, good communication is essential to establishing a good relationship and to informing the employee about your expectations. To get a measure of how they are living up to the expected job tasks, it is standard practice to inform an employee about his or her performance over a 6-month to year-long period.