Freie Universität Berlin has an agreement with its staff representatives on annual talks between supervisors and employees. It has been in force since 1 January 2018. Das Jahresgespräch findet grundsätzlich unter vier Augen statt. As a rule, the annual talk takes place under four eyes, between the two people. The record of the talk is not part of the personnel file.
Saarland University’s agreement of 2007 says the same. Staff talks are held as Vier-Augen-Gespräche, four-eyes talks, and their content is to be treated as absolutely confidential.