Over the last few years, Textio has published an annual analysis of data about performance reviews. In 2022, we saw overwhelming patterns of bias by race, gender, and age across more than 25,000 reviews from 253 different organizations. Last year, we saw a clear mathematical connection between feedback quality and employee retention. People receiving low-quality written reviews are 63% more likely to quit in the next 12 months, even if the review is positive.
This year’s data looks specifically at the feedback received by an organization’s top performers. Astonishingly, we found that high performers get more feedback than everyone else—but it’s also the lowest quality. And high-performing women get the lowest-quality feedback of all.
