Types of Performance Reviews
The types of performance reviews in common use are not interchangeable, and each was designed to answer something different.
Annual review. Summarises a period and usually feeds pay. Poor at development because of the delay.
Mid-year or quarterly check-in. Corrects course while it still matters.
Probation review. Confirms fit early, and needs care because process expectations still apply.
Project or milestone review. Useful where work is delivered in discrete pieces.
360 feedback. Developmental input from people around the person.
Upward review. Feedback on a manager, which most organisations avoid and most need.
Running one annual review and expecting it to do all six of those jobs is the common pattern, and it explains why so many organisations feel they get little back from the effort.
The Fair Work Commission covers performance processes. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.
See Sentrient’s performance management system and performance review software.
Performance Reviews In Australia: Templates, Process And The Law
Quick Answer A performance review is a structured conversation about how someone is doing at work, what needs to change, and what support they will get. In Australia the record of that conversation matters legally, because if performance ever leads to dismissal, the Fair Work Commission will ask whether the person was warned and given […]
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