How One CTO Replaced Performance Reviews With Continuous Feedback

Lucas and Luna explore how a CTO at a 200-person fintech company scrapped annual performance reviews in favor of continuous feedback loops. They break down the specific system the company adopted: weekly lightweight check-ins, a shared document for tracking growth areas, and a quarterly calibration meeting that replaced the dreaded stack ranking. The conversation digs into the metrics that improved — retention of senior engineers went up 18 percent, and time-to-feedback dropped from months to days. They also discuss the pitfalls: managers initially resisted the unstructured format, and the company had to invest in training to make the feedback constructive. By the end, listeners get a concrete template for how to pilot a similar shift without blowing up their own org. #ContinuousFeedback #PerformanceReviews #EngineeringManagement #CTO #TechLeadership #Retention #FeedbackCulture #ManagerTraining #Fintech #OrgDesign #PeopleOps #AgileHR #EngineeringCulture #Leadership #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Technology #TechLeadershipPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo