On: Performance Reviews Are a Waste of Time

[stealthmodeclan]

Imagine if company fired someone. They can sue the company. And what if there is no evidence of degrading performance against this employee?

[MBCook → stealthmodeclan]

If the employee isn’t performing well and you wait until one specific week a year to address it you’re a poor manager.

Such things can be discussed and documented at any time.

Why would you let that go one 26 weeks (average) before taking action?

[iamcasen → stealthmodeclan]

It's pretty unrealistic, as you can be fired for any reason, at least in most states in the USA. It's called at will employment, and all a manager has to do is say "You know, things just aren't working out, good bye!"

[stealthmodeclan → iamcasen]

So employees don't sue for unfair firing?

[MBCook → stealthmodeclan]

They do, but unless you can prove you were fired for one of the reasons that is explicitly illegal you’ll lose. And of course that can be hard to prove even if true.