Supervising Employees

Managers and Supervisors

You have an important role in attracting and retaining Virginia Tech Employees.

There are many helpful resources for you and your employees. For more information, visit the Performance Management Website.

Onboarding

Welcoming new employees to the university is so important! To learn more about this process read through the requirements for supervisors.

Performance Evaluations

HR provides helpful information about reviews and performance management.

They are the experts in this field.

Visit the Performance Management Website to learn more.

This process should culminate between August 5th when the employees complete the self-evaluation form online and November 15th when the forms are due signed by all parties.

Offboarding

Offboarding is the process used to help prepare the employee, supervisor, team, and/or another representative for the employee's separation from the department or Virginia Tech. To learn more about this process, read through the requirements for new supervisors.

Learning Management System

To support Virginia Tech’s culture of learning, human resources has invested in an easy-to-use employee-centric learning management system (LMS).

Trainings that may be relevant to your role:

PageUp Training

Page Up LMS

Compensation Management

This is the amount of monetary or non-monetary pay earned by an employee.

There are many useful items on this topic found on HR's website.

To learn more, visit their website linked to the right.

The Total Compensation Calculator can be extremely helpful in understanding your complete compensation package.

Flexible/ remote work

University staff and A/P Faculty can submit an alternative work schedule agreement on the Flexible Work Arrangement Forms Site.

Classified staff who want to work remotely will need follow the new telework policy. Classified Staff will receive an email from “DocuSign NA3 System <dse_NA3@docusign.net> on behalf of HR Service Center via DocuSign dse_NA3@docusign.net” with the subject line of “State Telework Agreement”.

Policy 4325: Alternate Work Site and Telework Policy

Questions to Ask Yourself:

Do P14s follow established requirements?
Are offer letters and signatures maintained?
Are P14s utilized appropriately (i.e. not utilized to avoid other more appropriate hiring protocols)?
Does the department head have a general awareness of the potential conflicts of interest and commitment in the areas?
Have employees been reminded of the requirements to see permission prior to starting outside employment or consulting?
Are management action plans adequately monitored?