Why do 80% of people hate performance reviews? Before opening that can of worms, we have to first understand why companies even conduct performance reviews in the first place.

To help unpack this topic is David Watson, Product Marketing Manager at Zenefits, joins this episode to share the three most common pitfalls of the performance review process companies fall into. While different, tune in to hear how they often go hand in hand and what you can do to avoid them.

Additional Resources:

• Order your copy of our book People Operations: Zenefits.com/pops-book
• Submit your People Ops questions: https://www.zenefits.com/workest/ask-a-question/

On this episode, you’ll hear:

• [00:42] The purpose of performance reviews
• [01:37] Conduct reviews more frequently
• [02:15] Focus on the present and future, not the past
• [02:50] Shorten the performance review
• [03:33] Make it easy for everyone