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Fortune
Emma Burleigh

Annual performance reviews are outdated and it's time for bosses to rethink the fraught tradition

Worker is frustrated during performance evaluation with her boss. (Credit: Getty Images)

Everyone hates performance reviews.

The yearly evaluation forces workers to wait all year to discuss a promotion, or potential performance issue. And they’re not just anxiety-inducing for employees—managers dread them, too. Supervisors often suffer under the emotional burden of giving a poor review. And even when they’re giving positive feedback, they’re forced to recall and compile a year’s worth of their employees’ achievements and shortcomings in a short period of time.

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