Performance Reviews Are Corporate Fan Fiction
You worked for twelve months. Your career is about to be reduced to a dropdown menu and a paragraph written from memory.
In this episode of HR for Humanity, Christopher Goostrey examines why performance reviews become corporate fan fiction when vague adjectives, recency, calibration politics, and polished prose replace evidence.
The episode connects SHRM's 2026 prediction about AI and annual reviews with Gallup's performance-management research and practical EEOC guidance on clear, consistent, fact-based evaluations.
Christopher introduces the Receipts Test, four questions managers should…
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