Tom Coens

This book laid out in great detail the uselessness of performance appraisals. I wish all corporations would heed this book but, alas, they won't and don't. Performance appraisals are a complete waste of time for everyone involved. Bad managers use them to downgrade employees they don't like so they can more easily be laid off. Good managers know their own employees well enough to rate them accurately without the formal document. They appraise and critique their employees constantly all year long. I read this to validate my own opinions. Nothing in the corporate world ever changes for the better. Reading this is more frustrating unless you are in a position to abolish them.… (más)