Helpful feedback is welcome, especially when solicited. But it doesn't belong in an official review, and should be timely, not on some yearly basis. When your

Helpful feedback is welcome, especially when solicited. But it doesn't belong in an official review, and should be timely, not on some yearly basis. When your manager puts a negative word on paper, you know it's over. Or, put from the other direction, if you're a manager, don't crap on your people and expect them to stay.