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Performance reviews originated in the U.S. military during World War I, when the Army developed the 'Man-to-Man' rating system in 1917 to identify poor performers among its officers.
General Electric popularized the modern performance review in the 1950s under CEO Ralph Cordiner, creating the template that over 90% of Fortune 500 companies would eventually adopt.
Despite growing criticism, 95% of companies still conduct annual performance reviews, with the average review process consuming 210 hours per year for managers overseeing 10 employees.
Jack Welch's controversial 'rank and yank' system at GE in the 1980s required managers to fire the bottom 10% of performers annually, a practice adopted by 20% of Fortune 500 companies at its peak.
The traditional 5-point rating scale was borrowed from academic grading systems in the 1960s, but research shows 60% of managers rate employees in only the middle three categories, rendering extremes nearly useless.
Studies reveal that 65% of performance review content focuses on the most recent 6-8 weeks before the review, despite supposedly covering an entire year of work.
In 2012, Adobe eliminated annual reviews entirely, reporting a 30% reduction in voluntary turnover and saving approximately 80,000 manager hours annually after the switch to continuous feedback.
A 2014 analysis of 248 performance reviews found that women received 2.5 times more personality criticism than men, with 76% of negative feedback for women focusing on communication style versus 2% for men.
Deloitte discovered in 2015 that their traditional review process consumed 2 million hours annually across the firm, leading them to redesign their entire approach to performance management.
Research shows that 85% of employees rate their own performance higher than their managers do, with the gap averaging 1.2 points on a 5-point scale.
Large organizations spend an average of 14-20 hours in 'calibration meetings' where managers negotiate ratings across departments, a practice developed at Microsoft in the early 2000s.
Since the 1978 Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection, 73% of companies cite legal protection as their primary reason for maintaining formal performance reviews, ahead of employee development at 58%.
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