Annual review

I had my annual review last week. They take it quite seriously at my company. Before anyone's review, the reviewer sends out a form to all the reviewee's team members and those in the company that work or have worked closely with them. It's quite an invloved form and does ask for quite a few specifics. I've filled out quite a few in the past. I think it is one's duty to inform the boss what you think of the individual. There is plenty of scope within the form to let your feelings be known.

Anyway, in the past, the boss hasn't taken the review that seriously with me. Comments like 'everyone thinks you are doing a good job', 'most feedback was very positive, but people think you should socialise a bit more' and 'ok, that's that, fancy another beer?' I'm happy with that. But this year, he handed me a wad a papers.

'What's this?' I enquired cautiously.
'These are the printouts of all the peer review forms we've received' he replied.
'So, why are you giving them to me'.
'It's new company policy. Freedom of Information Act and all that. You have the right to read anything with your name on'.

I spent the rest of the review worrying what horrible things I've said on the PRF's about my colleagues, who has suddenly started to ignore me, got sacked or whatever. It's just wrong. If I slag off someone, I want to do it behind their back thank you.