Writing performance reviews used to take me days. Now it takes hours.

I use AI with MCP servers to automatically gather data from Jira, GitHub, and my daily journal entries. The AI organizes everything—code contributions, completed tickets, documentation—and writes the review draft aligned with company goals.

The key? Regular journaling throughout the review period. The AI does the heavy lifting, but I always review for accuracy before submitting.

Works with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or any MCP-compatible AI tool. Full prompt template included in the post.

How do you handle performance review season? 📝

https://kernelofthought.xyz/2025/11/19/ai-powered-performance-reviews.html

#PerformanceReviews #AI #EngineeringManagement #ProductivityTools #MCP #DeveloperExperience #TechLeadership

#Shopify #CEO says staffers need to prove #jobs can't be done by #AI before asking for more #headcount
Lutke also said there's a "fundamental expectation" across Shopify that employees embrace AI in their daily work, saying it has been a "multiplier" of productivity for those who have used it.
The company, which sells web-based software that helps online retailers manage sales and run their operations, will factor AI usage into #performancereviews, he added.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/shopify-ceo-prove-ai-cant-do-jobs-before-asking-for-more-headcount.html

Summary of yesterday's show - Episode 8 of the Project Failure Files: The Impact of Ratings, Rankings, & Reviews https://buff.ly/3WGvsXJ #ProjectFailureFiles #projectmanagement #performancereviews #MVPBuzz w/ @Sharoneweaver

HR: Please fill out your self-review before your peers

Me, who knows all my peers deserve a promotion: Fills out self-review last

#PerformanceReviews #labor

Traditional Performance Reviews are outdated. Here you can read why?
#PerformanceReviews #Career #Development
- 3 Reasons Why Performance Reviews Are Broken (And How to Fix Them!) -
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-reasons-why-performance-reviews-broken-how-fix-them-hacking-hr/?midToken=AQFI0slYYTMCMg&midSig=2IsykVOcmjfWY1&trk=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-newsletter_hero_banner-0-open_on_linkedin_cta&trkEmail=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-newsletter_hero_banner-0-open_on_linkedin_cta-null-3zaq94~ln0eb1it~ir-null-null&eid=3zaq94-ln0eb1it-ir&otpToken=MTAwMTFlZTYxYTJiY2ZjM2I2MjQwNGVjNGYxYmUwYjc4OGNhZDc0MTk4YWY4ZDYxNzZjZTAyNmE0ZjUyNTlmM2YxZGRkZjg1MTJmN2RiZjIwM2EzYWY3Yzk5Yjk5NGE0YWE4MTVmODMzODg2YTc1ZjIzOGE5MiwxLDE%3D

At Microsoft, managers were tolled
when the salary freeze had been imposed
Not to word reviews
In way that could rue
That the pay had a freeze-induced pause

#microsoft #salary #performancereviews #limerick #poetry

http://www.businessinsider.com/performance-reviews-microsoft-manager-instructions-raises-2023-8

Are you a dev lead/manager getting ready to write performance reviews? Check out this series I wrote to help!

Writing Useful Performance Reviews
https://blog.kevingoldsmith.com/2021/12/04/writing-useful-performance-reviews/
#devlead #performancereviews #devmanager

Soon it'll be a year since I wrote this post about biases in performance reviews - but it's still relevant, especially now, that in most companies the end-of-year reviews are coming up. Get prepared, folks! #performancemanagement #performancereviews https://leadership.garden/biases-in-performance-reviews/