As an added bonus, this year, I have to do it by phone.
I'm generally pretty conscientious and I think I do a decent job as an employee and a boss on a daily basis but I hate being on both sides of this process.
Most of my staff do an adequate job. I don't by any means mean that in a derogatory fashions. They do what is asked of them well but I find it very difficult to write more than a line or two about that. Even for those who do go well over and above, I find what I say about them becomes very repetitive. For the occasional one who's under performing, at least I have something to say but those are rare.
For myself I just find the whole thing uncomfortable.
Does anyone approach this with anything other than "let's get it over with" ?