Microsoft is retiring its peer-feedback tool as it overhauls employee reviews, an internal message shows

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. George Chan/Getty Images Microsoft is retiring a peer-feedback tool once lauded as a sign of a "kinder, gentler Microsoft." The change comes as the company overhauls performance reviews. The internal message suggests the tool will be replaced by informal discussions. Microsoft is retiring a peer-feedback tool as it overhauls employee reviews, according to an internal message viewed by Business Insider. The tool, called Perspectives, allowed employees to request…