UZH Employee Appraisal

 At the University of Zurich, line managers generally hold an appraisal and development meeting with their team members once a year ¹. 

The annual employee appraisal (EA) is important for all participants. Line managers can use it to evaluate their team members’ performance and conduct and guide them in such a way that they achieve both the organization’s goals and their own professional goals in the future. For employees, the EA is an opportunity to receive an appraisal of their performance and formulate goals and expectations of their work and behavior. If required, specific development measures are agreed with them. The appraisal helps to ensure that employees are deployed correctly, forms the basis for any salary increases and evaluations in employment reference letters, and is an essential document in general, for example if employment-law measures are ordered.

The existing tool was revised with effect from 1 January 2025. You can find all the relevant information here.

¹ See § 38 PVO-UZH. This does not apply to professors, for whom the procedure is governed by § 50 PVO-UZH.  

N.B.: performance appraisals for 2024 will still use the previous form. Both line managers and employees should mention during performance appraisal meetings for 2024 that appraisals will be carried out on the basis of the new form from the 2025 appraisal period onwards.

You can find the current and the new form* here:

Current form Performance Appraisal up to 2024  
Performance Appraisal (PDF, 488 KB)  

New form Employee Appraisal as from 2025  
Employee Appraisal (PDF, 1 MB)

These guidelines for line managers and employees provide detailed information and assistance with filling out the revised form and preparing for the meeting:

Employee Appraisal_Guidelines Line Manager (PDF, 198 KB)

Employee Appraisal_Guidelines Employee (PDF, 206 KB)

The Career Discussion Guidelines provide information on specific individual aspects of the appraisal for research activities.

Career Discussion Guidelines for Researchers

^{*Note: In order to edit a PDF form, please save it on your device (e.g. in your Downloads folder or on your Desktop). Right click and select “Open with” Adobe Acrobat Reader (or Adobe Acrobat DC, Pro). Please make sure you have version 10.0 or later of Adobe Acrobat installed. This will enable you to edit and save the form correctly.}