Writing your own evaluation (NCOER/OER)? Is it really THAT bad?

When you are in a toxic leadership environment, you would be lucky to write your own - so as to have something worthwhile possibly make it through.

Most of the time I was in the service, my EPR's would be done way past their due date each year and there were no quarterly reviews being done on me either (so I never knew what to expect each year on my EPR - I could think everything was good and have something crazy on the yearly EPR).

I never got my 2012 EPR or a final EPR for 2013 before I retired - but at least I always made sure my personnel I supervisved got their quarterly reviews and EPR's on time each year. 

I don’t think you should write your own NCOER. This is a
review of how you are doing. How can you effectively gage how your leaders
think you are doing? Your senior rater and reviewer have to look at it as well
so there is little chance you will try to take credit for things you have not
done. It is your rater’s responsibility to write your NCOER and if they need
help with the wording, they can use the resources out there.  I also believe that you can get practice
without doing your own report. Senior NCOs are there to mentor junior NCOs. I
would not have my soldiers counseling themselves.