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Hi, my name is Ben and I just filled out my first 'traditional' performance review ever. I guess the company's trying to act mature or something. I feel like sh

Hi, my name is Ben and I just filled out my first 'traditional' performance review ever. I guess the company's trying to act mature or something. I feel like sharing.. The whole form was full of buzzwords, felt moronic and - useless. You were supposed to judge yourself in various ways, with arbitrary scales and that thing was full of vague descriptions that could've just as easily been part of a horoscope. Or .. a fortune cookie. I'm tempted to send an update to my performance review and link to this article, maybe we can drop this 'tradition' after one (miserable) attempt? Or .. I post it on our Yammer. God, we're a hip company..

herge 13y ago
The thing to remember about performance reviews (especially for technical people who's responsibilities don't change that much) is that your first one takes forever to write, but then you can copy-paste from year-to-year.
- hamburglar 13y ago
  And that it's impossible for the people who place stock in them to distinguish earnest buzzword-laden self promotion from mockery, so have fun with it.