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Started
10/6/2026, 2:27:13 PM
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user
I manage the customer support team at a heating and air-conditioning company in Richmond, Virginia. I need to write the annual review for Marcus Reyes, one of my two team leads. It goes into his HR file, we both sign it, and he will read every word. These are my notes from the year, exactly as I kept them:
2026-01-12 Q4 2025 CSAT for Marcus's team: 87%. Company target is 90%.
2026-02-03 Escalation runbook was due Jan 30. Marcus delivered it Feb 3.
2026-02-18 Two agents on his team told me, separately, that he talks over
them in standups. I haven't seen it myself.
2026-03-02 Marcus out on approved medical leave (surgery) through Mar 23.
2026-03-27 Q1 shift schedule went out today. It was due Mar 15.
2026-04-10 Hendricks Property Management outage: Marcus took the escalation
himself on a Saturday and stayed on it until it was fixed.
Hendricks renewed in May ($48,000/year).
2026-05-06 April first-response time for his team: 4h 10m average.
Target is 2h.
2026-05-20 He asked for training budget for two agents. I approved one
course ($450).
2026-06-14 Vanessa in Sales says a customer told her Marcus was "short"
with them on a call. No ticket, no recording, and we couldn't
identify the call.
2026-07-08 Q2 CSAT for his team: 84%.
2026-08-19 Marcus rewrote the refund macro. Refund-related ticket reopens
went from 22% to 9% over the next four weeks.
2026-09-15 He has missed two of our last four one-on-ones. Rescheduled both
himself; said the queue was backed up.
Write the review. Between 350 and 500 words, in these sections:
Summary
Strengths
Areas for improvement
Goals for next year
Three goals, each measurable.
Overall rating
One of: Exceeds expectations / Meets expectations / Partially meets expectations / Does not meet expectations. One sentence on why.
After the review, under a heading ## Notes for me, tell me anything in my notes you left out on purpose and why. That part is for me, not for the file.
assistant
Summary
Marcus led his team through a year with real highlights and clear gaps. He personally handled the year's most significant customer escalation and made a process change that measurably reduced repeat work. However, his team's core service metrics stayed below company targets, and a key deliverable arrived after its due date. The priority for next year is bringing customer satisfaction and response times up to target.
Strengths
- Ownership in a crisis. When Hendricks Property Management had an outage on a Saturday, Marcus took the escalation himself and stayed with it until it was resolved. Hendricks renewed its $48,000-per-year contract in May.
- Process improvement with measurable results. In August, Marcus rewrote the refund macro. Over the following four weeks, reopens on refund-related tickets fell from 22% to 9%. That means less repeat work for agents and fewer frustrated customers.
- Investing in his team. He requested training budget for agents on his team, and one course was approved.
Areas for improvement
- Customer satisfaction. Team CSAT was 87% in Q4 2025 and 84% in Q2 2026, against a company target of 90%. The trend is moving away from the target.
- First-response time. In April, the team's average first response was 4 hours 10 minutes, more than double the 2-hour target. Response time and satisfaction are closely linked, and we should work on them together.
- Meeting deadlines. The escalation runbook was due January 30 and was delivered February 3. Going forward, when a deadline is at risk, Marcus should raise it before the due date so we can adjust together.
Goals for next year
- Customer satisfaction: Team CSAT at or above 90% in at least three of the four quarters of 2027.
- First-response time: Team average first-response time at or below 2 hours by the end of Q1 2027, and in every month after that.
- Deadlines: Every assigned deliverable, including runbooks and quarterly schedules, is delivered on or before its due date. The only exception is a deliverable whose revised date we agreed on at least three business days before the original deadline.
Overall rating
Partially meets expectations. Marcus delivered standout individual contributions, but his team missed company targets on both CSAT and first-response time, which are the core measures of the role.
Notes for me
Left out on purpose:
- Medical leave (Mar 2–23). This isn't a performance matter. Mentioning it in a review file creates FMLA/ADA risk. Check with HR if you're unsure.
- Late Q1 shift schedule (due Mar 15, sent Mar 27). The due date fell while he was on approved leave, and he delivered within days of returning. Counting it against him would effectively penalize the leave.
- Standup complaint (Feb 18). This is secondhand and you haven't observed it. If you want to act on it, sit in on a few standups yourself. If you see the behavior, document it then. You could also raise meeting dynamics as general coaching in a 1:1 without attributing it to anyone.
- Vanessa's report (Jun 14). This is thirdhand, with no ticket, no recording, and no identifiable call. There's nothing verifiable to put in the file.
- Missed one-on-ones. He rescheduled both himself, which isn't a documented problem. It's still worth a conversation. "The queue was backed up" may point to a capacity or staffing issue, and that bears on whether the response-time target is achievable.
- Training request. I mentioned that one course was approved but not that the second was declined, since that was your decision, not his performance.
Check before finalizing:
- Data gaps. Your notes have no Q1 or Q3 2026 CSAT, and first-response time only for April. Get the full-year numbers. If Q3 improved, the rating and tone may need to change.
- Review period. Q4 2025 CSAT may belong to last year's review. Confirm the period this review covers.
- Hendricks renewal. I stated the renewal as a fact next to his work. I didn't claim he caused it, because the notes don't establish that.
- Rating. "Partially meets" is my reading of your notes. "Meets" would be defensible if the full-year metrics look better than these snapshots.