As the year wraps up, you might be feeling a bit anxious about your upcoming employee performance reviews. These evaluations can feel unproductive and tedious, and they can even increase employee ...

Read our PerformYard review to explore its features, pros and cons and decide if this popular performance management software is right for you.

Amazon has introduced a stricter performance review process that incorporates adherence to the company’s 16 Leadership Principles (LPs) into employee evaluations, marking the first time these ...

Honoring this is especially important as working practices evolve and older employees are dealing with younger managers, and can be made a part of performance reviews as well as ongoing, less formal ...

Microsoft is notifying employees this month about how their performance affects their paychecks. Notably, the company froze salaries this year and cut its budget for bonuses and stock awards.; An ...

The review is more about the reviewer’s biases — In a study of 5,000 managers, 62% variance in the review comes from the rater tendencies, and 21% variance from the actual ratee’s performance.

Performance reviews are an important tool to help managers and organizations motivate and engage their workforce. Narrative-based feedback provides employees with more personalized analysis and ...