Re:Ask HN: Do we really need performance feedback?
by maxxxxx on Monday July 25, 2016 @12:41PM
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I think feedback is very important for growth. I listen closely to it.
The problem with 360s in my company is that when you give ideas for improvement you can't know if the manager will make this a negative. This happened to me once: I put a well-intended point of improvement into the review of somebody I really like and respect. The manager made this (I was told later) the main point of the yearly review and it impacted the coworker negatively. Since then I have kept my 360s pretty bland and not really saying anything.
Review systems can/could be extremely valuable but it's hard to implement them in way that they really work. They work probably best where management is genuinely interested in the growth of employees.
The problem with 360s in my company is that when you give ideas for improvement you can't know if the manager will make this a negative. This happened to me once: I put a well-intended point of improvement into the review of somebody I really like and respect. The manager made this (I was told later) the main point of the yearly review and it impacted the coworker negatively. Since then I have kept my 360s pretty bland and not really saying anything.
Review systems can/could be extremely valuable but it's hard to implement them in way that they really work. They work probably best where management is genuinely interested in the growth of employees.