>>The only part of it that actually matters is clicking the button stating that you have read and acknowledged your manager and peer feedback. That way if you s

>>The only part of it that actually matters is clicking the button stating that you have read and acknowledged your manager and peer feedback. That way if you sue the company later they have a paper trail defending themselves. I think your opinion is weak - if the review you get, doesn't actually outline problems you have in your performance, then how can it be a defense against firing someone? If I sign off on 5 years in a row of 'meets expectations' type of a review, then if anything, it makes it easier for me to claim that I am not being fired for a good reason (lets assume I am over 55 or a minority, or both, for example who could claim age or race discrimination). If you are a manager, and you want to get rid of somebody for poor performance - and you are afraid of getting sued - then you darn well better have a paper trail showing that the employee was warned in writing about specific deficiencies if you want to use that as a legal defense - having multiple years worth of 'meets expectations' that you signed off on, helps the employee getting fired to make the case that it is because of performance - and hurts the company trying to cover their ass. I also hate getting - and doing - employee reviews, but they are only valuable for a legal defense for wrongful termination, if the company did their job and documented everything properly along the way - its not just the sign-off that is important, its the paper trail of warnings.