The problem is the idea of an “annual” review itself, such as: - arbitrary annual review times almost never coincide with the most useful times to summarize co

The problem is the idea of an “annual” review itself, such as: - arbitrary annual review times almost never coincide with the most useful times to summarize contributions (e.g. try handing out bonuses the day after a big project ends, not months later) - similarly, arbitrary review times disadvantage new employees; you essentially “waste” a few months on tasks that won’t end up counting this year (“not enough contributions yet”) and that won’t count next year either! (oh those tasks were from last review cycle so...) - most systems I’ve seen will force you to summarize your worth in just a few broad strokes, and so much valuable work falls through the cracks in such systems