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When it comes to performance review evaluations, managers can be biased for or against certain employees, creating inequality wen it comes to salaries and raises. Has anyone ever worked with a system that actually brings in several levels of management in order to minimize the possible bias resulting from bad leadership? How much does "politics" come into play in such cases?

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While I have not personally been in a situation in which multiple managers have evaluated me at the same time, there is an alternative to this type of appraisal/evaluation. The ideal scenario to bring in many levels of management in order to minimize bias would be a 360 ...

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