Perhaps you’ve read them—the stories from a handful of HR pundits and bloggers claiming that employers are utterly “abolishing,” “eliminating” and “eradicating” their performance appraisals.This rhetoric may grab readers’ attention but it simply isn’t true.If you read beyond their sensationalistic headlines, the stories themselves often reveal that performance appraisals are not being wiped out. In fact, they’re evolving. Employers are transforming their appraisals and their appraisal processes—and it’s about time.