The evaluation form arrived the next morning.
Yang Ruoqian opened it with the expression of a man visiting a hospital result he had personally bribed to be confusing.
The first line was harmless.
Quarterly Service Evaluation Supplement.
The second line was less harmless.
Creator praise should not become a score.
Yang closed the document.
He opened it again.
The sentence remained.
This was disrespectful.
He had given them subjectivity.
They had returned with a fence.
At nine, HR entered with three printed copies.
Yang hated printed copies.
Printed copies meant someone believed the document was ready for signatures.
"This is only a discussion draft," he said.
HR nodded.
"Yes. We want your judgment on the subjective part."
Subjective part.
The words restored some warmth to his chest.
"Good. Evaluations should not be too mechanical."
"Agreed."
"People are complex."
"Yes."
"So managers need broad freedom."
HR smiled.
Yang became suspicious.
