I always thought that’s how it’s supposed to be. You write it directly, and his/her/its managers can see it too (optionally - yours too). I can see why that’s

I always thought that’s how it’s supposed to be. You write it directly, and his/her/its managers can see it too (optionally - yours too). I can see why that’s done - usually it’s to understand who gave the review (if we talk about anonymised ones) and could potentially cause sparks. But that’s whole other issue, people should know how to accept praise and criticism. I would disagree with first point though. Feedback is exactly that - telling how you see someone else. When done only once or twice a year, I see no issue reading some unrelated feedback. (I might be biased - Out of 6 last review cycles, haven’t received such feedback yet)