Difficulty obtaining actionable professional feedback from managers
🧭 worksocial problem2 reports ●●●●●
An employee reports difficulty obtaining constructive criticism from their manager, who provides minimal feedback in formal reviews and is perceived to withhold negative feedback until termination, leaving the employee unsure how to improve their performance.
What people do today
- Requesting additional meetings
- Self-evaluating performance
- Asking for specific project involvement
🔧 Fix this
Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:
- A structured feedback template app that prompts managers to provide specific, categorized performance data on a monthly basis.
- A peer-to-peer feedback platform that allows employees to gather anonymous, constructive insights from colleagues to supplement manager reviews.
- A professional coaching service or workshop series that teaches employees how to facilitate 'radical candor' conversations with avoidant managers.
- An anonymous, structured feedback platform for employees to submit constructive, moderated performance insights to managers.
- A coaching service or template library specifically for subordinates on how to conduct 'upward feedback' conversations safely.
Real voices
“they are known to skimp on criticism until you find yourself fired from them”
“I would like to give feedback, but: I am not sure it is appropriate since I was not asked for it I do not know if I should address my teamleader directly or our common boss I checked how to give constructive feedback but still I fear retaliation”
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