> Thankfully my manager told me of it and dismissed it in much the same manner I did but I didn't feel great about being thrust back to junior high school social behavior.

I had an interesting interaction years ago where an engineer in my team shared his fear that a negative peer review would shape his performance review. I made a similar point to him: as the manager, I read all feedback but it’s my judgement as the manager that determines the review.

If I’m just parroting the comments of others and treating the review as just taking the average then I’m no better than Metacritic!