My first ever peer evaluations. There's politics at play here…people are friends. So I said screw it and just wrote overly positive peer evals. The one reads like a damn letter of recommendation saying the thing I'd like to see them do differently is mentor and lead more team members and basically they should be a boss. I'm sure, I may come off as insincere or too nice, but the one IS a great colleague and mentor to me.
Do I think feedback is a useful tool? Yes, but if I had constructive criticism that would help someone's career, I would talk to them about it way before review season. If I had a problem with someone's work, I'd be an adult and talk to them asap so they can choose to correct or not. I'm damn sure not going to sell people out in an HR file.