Jesus, that's not how I use self-reviews at all I keep my own notes over the year from 1:1s and so forth and use those to build the review. The self-review is

Jesus, that's not how I use self-reviews at all I keep my own notes over the year from 1:1s and so forth and use those to build the review. The self-review is a way for me to get my staff member's perspective and to identify gaps so we can talk about them. If a manager is so lazy they need the staff member to remind them of what they did, they shouldn't be a manager. Edit: to be clear I am not a fan of yearly review cycles, but we aren't always in control of how reviews are conducted. But if I have to do a yearly review, I'm going to take it seriously and do it properly.