```json
{
    "title": "Why Performance Reviews are Evil",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/02/02/why-performance-reviews-are-evil/",
    "datePublished": "2005-02-02",
    "dateModified": "2005-02-02",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Read this. You will understand. I have been lucky to be on the good side of performance reviews for most of my career. And, when I don't have to deal…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Why Performance Reviews are Evil

Read [this](http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/01/giving_a_damn_a.html). You will understand.
I have been lucky to be on the good side of performance reviews for most of my career. And, when I don't have to deal with them every single hour of every single day, I lavish instense attention on those customers that I speak with, write to, and meet with. I treat them as though they are the only customer I have at that moment.
But the other side of the coin is that the customer has to give me 100%. I have been learning that there are some customers you can't help because they are not ready to be helped. The hard part for me is learning to say no.