Abolishing Performance Appraisals
by Tom Coens, Mary Jenkins · first published 2002
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…'performance appraisals'. We often do code reviews. I sometimes do pair programming. Once in a while I have a private chat about something specific that's not code related. And this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Abolishing-Performance-Appraisals-B...
on “Ask HN: What do you think of performance appraisal at your workplace?” ↗You might like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Abolishing-Performance-Appraisals-B...
on “Goldman Sachs Introduces Real-Time Employee Performance Reviews” ↗So many comments here reflecting ideas from the 2002 book "Abolishing Performance Appraisals - Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead". I think it's well worth a read, especially if you're implementing or in a position to influence these sorts of processes. Feedback is important, but once…
on “Accenture will get rid of annual performance reviews and rankings” ↗…industry, I haven't been once in a company that solved this conundrum and makes me want to quit being a manager. A good book I've read that I can suggest if you're painfully struggling with this, is "Abolishing Performance Appraisals"
on “The peculiar origins of the performance review and other HR bureaucracy” ↗