To Make Your Employees Happier, Lose This HR PolicyTurns out, employees are more likely to cry after a performance review than improve.
ByRose Leadem•
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Employee reviews are meant to be helpful and constructive, but many workers say that they have the opposite effect.
In fact, a recentstudycommissioned by Adobe found that 80 percent of office workers would prefer on-the-spotfeedbackrather than periodic formal reviews. Researchers surveyed 1,500 U.S. office workers and found that nearly two-thirds of employees andmanagers believe performance reviews are an outdated practice.
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For one, they take a lot of time to organize. The researchers found that managers spend an average of 17 hours planning for each individual employee's review. Talk about a waste of time -- especially when more than half of employees say that reviews have no impact on how they do their work.
Performance reviews are also pretty rattling for employees. One in five workers admit to crying after a review, 37 percent say they have looked for another job and 20 percent say they have quit. To avoid the stress and heartache, more than 60 percent of millennial workers say they would switch to another company with no performance reviews.
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Both office workers (55 percent) and managers (66 percent) say it's time to change or get rid of reviews. By doing so, workers believe there would be moreflexibility, happiness and collaboration in the workplace.
Adobe no longer conducts performance reviews with its employees in favor of informal "check-ins." Other companies that take a similar approach includeGeneral Electric,Accentureand software startupRetailNext.
Should you change up your company policy on reviews? Check out theinfographicbelow to help you decide.
