Anyone who says that performance reviews are useful is full of it. Really, who comes out of a review feeling the least bit enlightened or empowered? Certainly not the employee.

“My view and experience is that they are worthless up until they’re not,” says a senior associate at a big firm. Most reviews are anodyne, she adds, particularly for junior and midlevel associates, “Unless you’re getting fired.”

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