Performance reviews are supposed to measure how well you did your job. They pedro pascal don't. A real recruiter breaks down how performance ratings are actually decided inside companies, why most employees are funneled into "meets expectations" before the year even ends, and what that rating is really doing to your paycheck.
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0:00 - The truth about your performance rating
1:03 - Why your manager is working from limited data
2:25 - How the review process actually works behind the scenes
3:55 - The bucket system nobody tells you about
5:27 - What actually drives your rating
6:51 - What to do about it
9:15 - Soor career journal
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