Performance reviews are broken — outdated, confusing, and often used as tools of control rather than actual development. In this episode, we break down how corporations weaponize performance management, what employees really want from their work, and how both managers and workers can shift toward something more honest and effective.

Join us for an unfiltered conversation about:

-The origins of performance reviews

-How they’ve become a corporate checkbox ritual

-Why your job is making you question your worth

-What “good” management should actually look like

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00:00 - Intro: Why performance reviews cause trauma

01:06 - The real purpose of this podcast

02:30 - What managers *think* their job is

04:45 - How performance management became a tool for control

06:07 - What employees actually want from work

07:17 - What companies actually want from employees

09:29 - Kiss up, kick down: The toxic management style

14:33 - What goal-setting is supposed to look like

20:06 - Ridiculous HR rating systems

25:02 - Overcomplicating performance management

28:20 - What good performance management should be

31:15 - The 5 components of a win-win agreement

35:01 - Performance feedback should be like a football game

37:12 - End-of-year reviews should be a formality

40:14 - Why companies hate reviews—and what that causes

42:16 - Final advice for employees and managers

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