Performance-review completion varied widely across Baltimore County government agencies, according to a county inspector general investigation reported by WBFF. Of 2,584 employees reviewed across 23 agencies, 720—28 percent—did not have an evaluation on file for the period examined.
Gaps differed by agency
Thirteen agencies completed evaluations for fewer than 75 percent of their employees, while two completed them for all staff, the report found. Investigators examined records from June 19, 2024, through Aug. 19, 2025. Separately, 324 employees had no evaluation recorded since the system was adopted.
Those figures describe different measures: the 720 lacked evaluations on file during the review period, while the 324 had no recorded evaluation since 2022. The report, as described by WBFF, does not say how many employees appear in both groups.
Compensation continued amid missing records
The investigation also found that merit raises continued amid missing evaluations. Between August 2024 and August 2025, the county promoted 229 employees; 77 of them, about 34 percent, lacked current evaluations when promoted, according to the report. The available account does not specify the county’s rules for awarding raises or promotions, or how officials addressed the missing documentation.
A separate 2022 pay-plan example illustrates why compensation policies should not be assumed to be the same across public employers: the University System of Maryland said its plan included merit increases averaging 2.5 percent for employees whose performance reviews rated them “meets standards” or better. That was a university-system plan, not evidence of Baltimore County’s requirements or practices.
