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  5. The only people who hate performance reviews are the ones who know they're underperforming

“The only people who hate performance reviews are the ones who know they're underperforming”

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  • Accountability is uncomfortable for slackers
  • Good performers welcome feedback
  • Objective measures reveal truth
  • Complaints are defensive mechanisms

Disagree

  • Most review systems are broken
  • Politics trump actual performance
  • Subjective bias dominates ratings
  • Good workers suffer bad processes too

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