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He highlights that success requires not only meeting short-term goals but aligning projects with visionary impact. Despite excellent performance reviews, many initiatives end up being "nice to have" rather than industry-changing.
The Reality of Performance Reviews in Big Firms
Discussing hours spent on performance metrics, Evans underscores systemic issues: managers often avoid hard conversations, leading to "performance mediocrity." Amazon’s experiments with stack ranking and the "unregretted attrition" goal created a toxic environment where employees were pushed out or left quietly due to managerial avoidance, not true poor performance.