These individual quotes were reportedly taken from the actual employee performance evaluations in a large US Corporation.
- “Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom…. and has started to dig”
- “His men would follow him anywhere… but only out of morbid curiosity”
- “I would not allow this employee to breed”
- “This employee is really not so much of a ‘has-been’, but more of a definite ‘won’t be’.”
- “Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap”
- “When she opens her mouth, it seem that it is only to change feet”
- “He would be out of his depth in a parking lot puddle.”
- “This young lady has delusions of adequacy.”
- “He sets the low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.”
- “This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.”
- “This employee should go far,… and the sooner he starts, the better.”
- “Got a full 6-pack, but lacks the plastic thing to hold it all together.”
- “A gross ignoramus – 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus.”
- “He certainly takes a long time to make his pointless.”
- “He doesn’t have ulcers, but he’s a carrier.”
- “I would like to go hunting with him sometime.”
- “He’s been working with glue too much.”
- “He would argue with a signpost.”
- “He has a knack for making strangers immediately.”
- “He brings a lot of joy whenever he leaves the room.”
- “When his IQ reaches 50, he should sell.”
- “If you see two people talking and one looks bored,… he’s the other one”
- “A photographic memory but with the lens cover glued on.”
- “A prime candidate for natural deselection.”
- “Donated his brain to science before he was done using it.”
- “Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn’t coming.”
- “Has two brains: one is lost and the other is out looking for it.”
- “If he were any more stupid, he’d have to be watered twice a week.”
- “If you give him a penny for his thoughts, you’d get change.”
- “If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the oceans.”
- “It’s hard to believe that he beat 1,000,000 other sperm to the egg.”
- “One neuron short of a synapse.”
- “Some drunk from the foundation of knowledge; … he only gargled.”
- “Takes him 2 hours to watch 60 minutes.”
- “The wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead.”
April 26th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
I recently published a performance review phrase book called How to Say it: Performance Reviews. It has the opposite of these phrases listed – positive over-the-top phrases. You can get them at:
http://www.speakstrong.com/performancereviewphrases.html
The “bonus superlative phrases” are amusing like these, but in a positive way. Enjoy!