Workers are as divided as their employers on the value of performance reviews.

Responses from employees might of course be linked to how they typically do on annual assessments. A new survey of 1,600 employees from Eagle Hill Consulting, a management and human capital consulting firm, found that just over half (54 percent) were satisfied with their last performance review. A larger portion — 65 percent — believed that their most recent appraisal was an accurate reflection of their performance.

But only 27 percent of respondents said they were motivated by their last review. The good news is that that's more than the percentage that were de-motivated (10 percent) or angry (5 percent). But an even larger portion (29 percent) said they were indifferent to the results.