Study: 88 Percent of High-Performing Women Get Critiqued on Their Personalities in Performance Reviews

“As a woman, you have to be less aggressive.” This is an actual phrase from a performance review I reported on in 2022. Two years later, we’re still seeing the same problems.

And I’m not just basing that on anecdotes about others’ reviews. According to a study by the software company Textio, 88 percent of high-performing women receive feedback on their personality during performance reviews — compared to 12 percent of high-performing men.

And when men do receive personality-based feedback, it’s different than the personality feedback women receive. As the study notes:

  • 68% of women and 31% of men were described as “collaborative.”
  • 36% of women and 21% of men were described as “helpful.”
  • 26% of women and 12% of men were described as “nice.”
  • 28% of women and 4% of men were described as “opinionated.”

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2 thoughts on “Study: 88 Percent of High-Performing Women Get Critiqued on Their Personalities in Performance Reviews

  1. What would be helpful is knowing the 88% breakdown by sex . The reader is left to presume that the 88% is male dominated. When in fact we don’t know.

  2. Correct. It seems the author had an intent. The a headline would be a lot less drama reading “88% of women get feedback on their personality. In evaluations”

    However that’s what the study ACTUALLY reported.

    Among that 88% two thirds were described as collaborative ! The audacity!!!!

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