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Performance review

Meaning in human resources, with examples

nounCore term

In human resources, performance review means: A regular meeting in which a manager and an employee discuss how well the employee has done their job, what went well and what to improve.

In Turkish: performans değerlendirmesi, performans görüşmesi

How it is used

Often yearly or twice a year, sometimes with a rating. In the UK it is also called an appraisal. Companies talk about the performance review cycle, and many now add short monthly check-ins.

Example sentences

  1. My performance review is next week, so I'm writing a list of what I achieved this year.

  2. Managers must complete all performance reviews before salary decisions are made in March.

Common collocations

  • annual performance review
  • mid-year performance review
  • conduct a performance review
  • performance review cycle
  • appraisalA formal meeting, often once a year, in which a manager reviews an employee's work, gives a rating and agrees goals for the next period.
  • feedbackComments on how well someone has done something, given to help them understand what works and what they could do better.
  • objectiveA specific goal that an employee or team agrees to achieve within a period of time, often used to judge their performance.
  • KPIA number used to measure how well a person, team or company is reaching an important goal. It stands for key performance indicator.
  • 360-degree feedbackA way of reviewing performance in which an employee gets feedback from their manager, colleagues, team members and sometimes clients, not from one person only.

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