I use them more for self-evaluation. There are also spaces for comments. Supervisors often use the input in the self-evaluation to aid them in writing their employees' reviews. And then the two meet. It is harder on the ones who aren't performing.
People can get antagonistic.
Their work will then become lifeless and eventually that will hurt the company. But Bobrow, the Los Angeles industrial psychologist, contends there is nothing wrong with giving more to workers who outperform others. There is no reason to go and do that if everyone is being paid the same. Other critics, including union officials and some academicians, contend the evaluation process is too subjective. If he or she is not, this could be a terribly unjust tool and real threatening to the overall well-being of the company.