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What does performance review season look like at your company?

by Fara Liyana·January 24, 2026

Forced ranking, nobody gets the top band unless they are visibly political. Rewards optics over results. Demoralising.

#performance-review#ranking#culture#HR

Comments (2)

Zarif Zain79

Forced distribution reviews are demoralising by design. The bottom 20% gets penalised regardless of absolute performance.

Michelle Lee61

I document my quarterly wins in a private log all year so review season is never a scramble.