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by pound
3977 days ago
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I'd say that having performance reviews enforces:
1) culture of "don't screw up". (Yes, opposite to your thought) What risks would anyone will want to take if it means preparing yourself to be scapegoat if something will not work out perfectly?
2) enormous amount of politics, lies, and self-promoting by shameless liars and back-stabbers. How can you tell whether someone delivered significantly better then others? In most cases it's mutual BS feeding/consuming between manager and certain type of employees. |
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I can tell because I don't suck at my job. I look at pull requests. I look at ticket completion. I'm with my engineers during planning to know whether people are padding their estimates. I make a note whenever someone steps up in some way (handling emergencies off hours, helping another developer get their work done, etc.) If a manager doesn't understand the work of the people s/he's managing, that manager is unqualified to do the job.
As to your 1), it all depends on what type of culture a company has and how much employees are punished for screwing up. At a company like Facebook, you're expected to "move fast and break things." I'd be very surprised if people were inhibited there. If you're at a bank where screw ups mean someone gets fired, you're probably right.