Annual Performance Reviews Are Outdated and Always Inaccurate

Dr Stuart Woolley
CodeX
Published in
10 min readJan 18, 2022

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An only semi-humorous guide to enduring goal setting, performance reviews, and non-existent pay rises.

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Theory and Practice

Annual performance reviews are typically there for a company to keep some kind of written record of your objective job performance during the time you spend working there. This is the theory.

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Dr Stuart Woolley
CodeX

Worries about the future. Way too involved with software. Likes coffee, maths, and . Would prefer to be in academia. SpaceX, Twitter, and Overwatch fan.