'Feedback' Is Now Too Harsh. The New Word is 'Feedforward' - Slashdot

More companies are phasing out "feedback" bosses give to workers — and replacing it with "feedforward" "The idea is that 'feedforward' gives people less anxiety," a Wall Street Journal reporter says.

Younger employees make up a larger percentage of the workforce today .

Some experts say that younger employees do need to be prepared for negative feedback.

At Microsoft , managers are encouraged to use the word "perspectives" instead of traditional feedback.

Reviews, meanwhile, have been branded as "connect" conversations.

Microsoft recently stopped including anonymous comments from peers in employee reviews, instead showing the names of the colleagues in question.

The divide on the issue is partially generational, HR specialists say.