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by mitchellst 1416 days ago
Exactly. Feedback works in the context of a relationship. Employment arrangements—peers and managers— are relationships. Hiring pipelines are interactions, not relationships. If you don’t have an ongoing relationship with someone, you can’t anticipate or influence what they’ll do with the feedback or what effect it will have.

Related: reasons you might explain as little as possible when firing someone, or when breaking up with someone.