[commandlinefan]

Joel Spolsky had an interesting (and, I think, accurate) take on the pointlessness of performance appraisals: the only possible outcomes are it can be neutral, or you can completely piss off the person you're appraising. If the appraisal is anything less than glowing, you're just going to demoralize the person you're reviewing: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/03/incentive-pay-cons...

[mbielski]

Yep, I completely agree about the accuracy. Last year it was neutral. This year it slipped down a notch.