Can I just say how much I loathe these? And u assume they are a new thing? I don't recall them before the noughties. My most recent manager thought she had to find things to nitpick about so she'd have us cc her on all our emails (sometimes well over a hundred a day). These reviews would go on for up to an hour. You had to appear "willing to take on board criticism" (I was brilliant at this apparently but it really, really flustered me & demoralized me). When I gently rebuffed her repeatedly saying I could have my immediate supervisor's job when he left she started getting really antsy over my "lack of ambition & confidence". Yes, I'm not ambitious & my confidence is not great - due to the incessant Fucking Nitpicking.
Anyone else loathe reviews? I have read that they are detrimental to workplace moral & don't serve much purpose.