Earlier this month, a man who was reportedly upset about a bad performance evaluation shot and killed a manager and himself.

Clearly this worker had some serious issues beyond his review, but maybe the event should be a wake up call. When kids shoot up schools, experts come out of the woodwork calling for bans on video games.

I know, most people won’t pull a gun on their boss because of work evaluations but they do cause a lot of distress.

That’s why I’m calling for a worldwide ban on these stupid, ineffective management tools that have been around since the 1960s. (more…)