Performance reviews are a big, fat waste of time. According to Alexander Kjerulf, self proclaimed “Chief Happiness Officer” and author of Happy Hour is 9 to 5, there are 9 reasons why performance appraisals are a waste of time: Everybody hates them – this is almost self explanatory. When have you come to the end [...]

Sam Culbert, author of Get Rid of the Performance Review, editorialized in the Wall Street Journal about the why and how of eliminating the performance review. Though we hate the performance review in its current incarnation, we’re actually not in favor or eliminating it outright – unless you have a better system to replace it [...]

Dr. Samuel Culbert explains in this video about how boss are accountable too. He describes the two way street that communication is between an employee and manager. What does it mean to hold the manager accountable? Dr. Culbert describes how you must have consequences in order to have accountability. The manager must understand that he [...]

A painful performance review from “The Office” UK version. Have you ever experienced a painful performance appraisal like this one?

Dwight and Jim, from The Office, discuss how to improve your chances of getting a raise in your next performance review. What is your acrostic for your name which is guaranteed to get you a raise?