Additionally, in BigCo, metrics versus actual performance continues to be often a toss-up, at best, and not infrequently just wrong. My stomach still clenches

Additionally, in BigCo, metrics versus actual performance continues to be often a toss-up, at best, and not infrequently just wrong. My stomach still clenches at the memory of managers greenlighting all the goals on their own performance reviews. Basically, if they liked you, you "passed" your review. If they didn't, they'd find something or other to pick at. The whole process was so weasel-ly, and in HR's pocket, that it was hard to find a place to start challenging it. Manufacture paperwork to "substantiate" whatever result we've already picked. P.S. If you start feeling this way about your own workplace, it is a primary sign to GTFO. Even if you are one of the "favored", if you're smart and a straight-shooter, you are not going to enjoy the dis-function around you.