Both employers and employees frequently say the annual performance review process is one of the most awful, detestable parts of work. You may have heard the grumbling if you conduct employee reviews in your wastewater-related business.
Two common complaints are that reviews are a waste of time and they are too stressful. Managers hate spending all the time compiling the reviews. For example, last year, accounting firm Deloitte calculated that its managers spent a combined 2 million hours each year just putting together performance reviews.
Employees fear being judged unfairly during performance reviews, particularly if the manager is only focusing on
