Self-Assessments

Today I had to hand in my self-assessment at work to facilitate a quarterly coaching moment with my store manager, and ultimately, help her write my formal annual review. I'm not going to go into the whole lunacy of writing a subjective review, feeling out whether I'm an outstanding associate (1) or a failure to meet requirements (5).
It was somewhat easy writing my self-assessment since I feel more comfortable in my role as a comanager, as opposed to last year when I'd only been promoted to that role for three months. That, and I had my previous reviews in hand to help me judge where I've been and how I've improved. Of course, as I was writing my review, I started getting annoyed at my previous manager who rated me as "does not meet expectations" (4) on two items in my last year's review. How annoying was that. And the worst part was that I helped her along in that belief because I told her that I didn't feel comfortable in the whole hiring process and felt that I deserved a 4 rating, understanding that I was a part-time manager for 9 months would of the "grading period" where my only role in the hiring process was scheduing applicants for interviews, and that by the time I was promoted as a comanager, our holiday hiring was already finished. Regardless of all that, I made sure to give myself the benefit of the doubt this year, and just let the store manager come down harshly on her own inklings. Not that I'm concerned; I'm a lot more comfortable in my role and the feedback that I've gotten on my performance is solidly good, including hints that I'll be "promoted" into a higher volume store soon. We'll see.