Performance reviews are a form-letter attempt at managerial automation. They seem to suggest that a manager should only be monitoring the performance of their t

Performance reviews are a form-letter attempt at managerial automation. They seem to suggest that a manager should only be monitoring the performance of their team at certain points in the year. A good manager (a rare breed) knows to a fairly certain degree how their team is performing at any time based on the output from the team. If they don't know this, how are they meant to manage? I flat out refused to do performance reviews at a previous position. If the company has an issue with my performance, then HR can talk to me directly. If the company wanted to fire me for not filling out their performance review, then I didn't really want to work for that company. They never mentioned it, and I left the company amicably.