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Calculate Performance Review Costs: What October Actually Cost Your Organization Most managers just survived fall performance cycles. Almost none of them can tell you what it actually cost. Not in dollars, not in missed opportunities, not in trust erosion. Time to run the numbers on what performance theater is really
November 2025 | SkillCycle LinkedIn Says 55% of Workers Feel Stuck. Their Own Data Shows Why: Missing Feedback Infrastructure Annual performance reviews perpetuate career control problems because development happens continuously while feedback happens yearly. Only 36% of organizations build the infrastructure that actually works. LinkedIn just published another alarming headline
October 30, 2025 • Rebecca Taylor Why a $2.5B Training Investment Exposes the Skills Measurement Crisis One week after announcing massive technical training, Amazon cut 14,000 jobs to “move faster with AI.” The contradiction reveals why measuring training effectiveness matters more than training budgets. Amazon just announced a $2.5 billion
