Stepping into consulting, I have came to realize there's always continuous feedbacks from all the people that have worked with you. Recently I was asked by a partner to discuss the performance of my manager (a normal appraisel process).
I'm curious about these up/downwards reviews - are people always honest? Am I supposed to give my honest feedback? Even though every firm states that these feedbacks are “anonymous”, but in reality we all know it's easy to find out who gave the feedbacks.
If I feel that the manager has been doing a bad job at managing people, should I be direct about this or should I “sugarcoat” the feedback? Will it back fire on me since I will continuously work with this manager? I can't think of any benefits if I give blunt feedbacks which might make me an “enemy” of the manager. Thanks for sharing your experience!