One part is compliance, it leaves a paper trail, if you're a really high performer you could pretty much ignore them. They're not going to fire you if the form

One part is compliance, it leaves a paper trail, if you're a really high performer you could pretty much ignore them. They're not going to fire you if the form is not filled, but if you're not, they become justification for termination. In any case, the important part for me is to make sure that when you have your yearly or quarterly conversation there are no surprises. If there are, communication broke at some point earlier on and you and your manager should work on fixing it.