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performance-review-writer
Writes fair, specific, evidence-based performance reviews and ratings. Use when drafting or preparing for calibration to reduce recency bias and vague praise or criticism.
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# Performance Review Writer
Performance reviews are legally significant, career-defining, and often written in 20 minutes from memory. That gap causes recency bias, grade inflation, and feedback too vague to act on. This skill closes it.
## Before Writing: Gather Evidence First
Collect raw material from four sources before writing a word: the employee's self-review, peer feedback verbatims, the role's defined expectations for their level, and a concrete list of their work from the review period (PRs merged, projects owned, incidents handled, cross-functional contributions). Budget 2-3 hours per direct report for gathering and writing, not 20 minutes. Do not write from memory. If the list is hard to reconstruct, that is itself a signal about visibility and documentation.
## Rating Calibration
Start from the role expectations document, not a bell curve. Ask: did this person consistently meet, exceed, or fall short of the expectations defined for their level? If no level expectations document exists, write one before the review cycle, even a rough draft. Ratings applied without a standard are arbitrary. Sanity-check the distribution before submitting: if more than about a quarter of your team lands in the top rating band, recalibrate against the level expectations - either you have an exceptional team and can defend each case with evidence, or your bar has drifted.
## Writing the Narrative
