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Race and gender bias still play a powerful part in performance reviews, according to a new study of performance reviews from HR tech company Textio.
Signs of bias. The report analyzed 23,000 performance reviews and surveyed 450 workers, and found that managers were inconsistent in who was given high-quality, actionable feedback.
The language used to describe employee feedback appears to be influenced in part by the person’s race or gender. For example, women are most likely to receive low-quality feedback based on their personality. Some 56% of women surveyed said they have been described as unlikeable in their performance reviews and 78%