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again... better book next month off  Nevertheless, the main
reason that a wave of dread wafts through the office when the
annual review season begins is that the whole thing takes ages
and entails a tremendous amount of work for everyone involved.
You review yourself; your pool of reviewers all do the same;
your manager writes your final review, taking all the above into
account; you and your manager sit down and go over your final
review; you’re given the opportunity to enter comments in
response to your manager’s review if there’s anything you
disagree with; and finally, you “accept” your review.  It’s
perfectly understandable that the reviewing period always runs
for several months, since writing just one full review is no
small task, and people can have stacks of them to complete — in
addition to their regular daily work.  I’ve known people who had
to write reviews for thirty people or more. Many of them took
multiple days off from work so th