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I assumed that "great" means average. If you ask someone, "How are you" and they say "Great!" it just means "Not significantly worse than usual". I also like t

I assumed that "great" means average. If you ask someone, "How are you" and they say "Great!" it just means "Not significantly worse than usual". I also like the implication that there's nothing wrong with a couple of "great" years in a row, while a couple of "average" years in a row would at some point be pretty demotivating.

logicchains 7y ago
Consider the context. If someone asks you "how did X on your team perform", and X's performance was average, not bad but nothing special, would you use the word "great"? The last place I worked with levels like that used "met expectations" for the average, which seems more accurate, and isn't something to be ashamed of.