The annual review is one of the most dreaded tasks on any employee’s to-do list. Companies won’t give raises and promotions without it. Human resource departments demand the forms, supposedly for legal reasons. And the process is fraught with anticipatory angst, defensiveness and dread.
But the worst thing about annual employee performance reviews? They simply don’t work.
The performance appraisal system’s greatest shortcoming is that it’s not really about improving performance. It’s about sticking to a schedule and complying with human resources guidelines. By emphasizing process over results, the performance appraisal system has fatally lost credibility.
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Author: David Stein
