Doing performance appraisals is the pits.

Even when you work in Human Resources and it's your job to make sure that the appraisal conversations that take place in your company are productive, informative, and motivating, you know that most appraisal conversations leave the appraisalee at least a little ticked off.

The boss never seems to think they're as great as they themselves think. Don't believe me? Try having people appraise themselves and then compare your scores to theirs. Not fun, but it induces productive, informative conversations.

It's too bad someone ends up unmotivated most of the time.