I've never seen the point of performance reviews for me as an employee. Either they are pointless or something I have to game for promotions. If performance reviews are factored into promotions, you have to game the books to ace them. If performance reviews aren't relevant for promotions, what's the point exactly? Positive and negative feedback don't help me when it's about things that happened six months ago. A 1.5% raise could just be an email.
