"Performance reviews are important as they provide a means for companies to document negatives about workers they eventually want to get rid of" That's true, a

"Performance reviews are important as they provide a means for companies to document negatives about workers they eventually want to get rid of" That's true, and it's horrible. That's why the whole thing is a joke. You can be a GREAT employee, but managers can just ding you on this or that simply because they want to or don't like you, and then you get fired as a result. It's ridiculous to wrap that up in the lie that it is a meritocracy.