OKRs only work when they're updated as business needs change. In one job I've held with explicit OKRs, they worked well because the job remained pretty much th

OKRs only work when they're updated as business needs change. In one job I've held with explicit OKRs, they worked well because the job remained pretty much the same. In another job, my OKRs created at the beginning of the year, moved further and further from what I was actually doing over the year. My boss didn't let me change them over time, and by the end of the year, he put me down for not meeting the OKRs. (This gave him an excuse not to give me an annual raise.) They're another tool in managers' boxes, both useful for actually improving their employees -- or for picking favorites.