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by irrational 608 days ago
> If your manager can’t see it, it doesn’t exist when performance review time rolls around.

I've become very jaded around performance reviews. A number of years ago, I worked my butt off putting in insane hours and being extremely productive. I knew that I deserved the highest performance rating possible. And in the review my manager agreed that that was what I deserved, but instead I got a successful rating - completely middle of the road average. I was shocked. My manager informed me that HR specified what percentage of each rating they were allowed to give out and that he had had to give the higher ratings to other employees for various reasons. Ever since then, I've done the bare minimum of work to get by. Why work my butt off to get a successful rating when I can do the bare minimum and get the same rating?

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HR specified what percentage of each rating they were allowed to give out

that's like grading on a curve in school. that has always been unfair.