Is anyone actually happy with how their company does performance reviews? Ours feel totally disconnected from day-to-day work. We do vague goals, last-minute feedback, and no real follow-through. It’s frustrating because I want to meaningfully coach and develop people, but the system just isn’t set up to support that. Would love to hear what’s actually working for other teams.

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I feel the same. Our performance reviews feel like a checkbox exercise. My best experience was when reviews were tied to ongoing feedback, not just a once-a-year scramble. Regular check-ins and clear, measurable goals make a huge difference. Have you tried pushing for a more continuous feedback model?

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If employees are only hearing about their performance at year end (or twice a year at most), the system will never work correctly. You should be giving your team continuous, ongoing feedback. They should never hear negative feedback for the first time in an annual or mid-year review.

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Totally feel this. Ours used to be just like that—more of a formality than anything helpful. What made a big difference was moving to quarterly check-ins instead of annual reviews. We keep it casual but structured, and it’s actually opened the door for more honest, real-time coaching.

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I do ongoing reviews with all my directors and expect the same out of them and their direct reports. But our firm reviews are just atrocious. They are check the box and mean absolutely nothing when it comes bonus time. I’ve tried to get our president to change to actual helpful reviews but it’s just laziness. They don’t want to put the time into helpful reviews

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Yeah, we don't do performance reviews at all. We offer just in time feedback (positive and negative), and have a process bad performers go through that is much more formalized and lawsuit-proof.

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