In a survey commissioned by the Königsteiner Gruppe and published in July 2025, 1,073 employees in Germany were asked about the Mitarbeitergespräch, the formal talk with their manager. Seven in ten are invited to such a talk at least once a year. 18 percent have no such talk at all. Only 22 percent have this talk every month or every quarter.
A 2025 report by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) found structured staff talks in a little over 70 percent of private firms with 50 or more employees, both in 2012 and in 2023. It describes the performance appraisal as meist jährlich, mostly annual.