I absolutely despise the idea of having to go to co-workers and ask them to review my performance under any circumstances. I have no objection to the boss calling them in and asking them anything he wants and having them give frank answers - he knows who I work with.

But it's completely distasteful to ask an employee to pick who will review them and to place that responsibiltiy on the co-worker.

This is the kind of crap that makes me hate HR departments. They have to do enough nonsense just to conform to government regulations. Now this.