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Organizations like to describe women as "abrasive"

The gender bias in performance reviews can be pretty ridiculous.

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Ted Bauer
Aug 27, 2014
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More evidence that performance reviews are a bit of a train wreck: the context around them is very different dependent on what gender you are. If you're a woman, they're likely to be more negative -- if you're a man? Less so. Here's a chart, courtesy of Fast Company:

Gender Bias In Performance Reviews

Stunning stat No. 1: 58…

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