Appraisal Time

Its appraisal time. This is the time that people expect their boss's would recognize their hard work for the last one year. But as usual, it just goes by without any impact, like a passing cloud on a clear sunny day. What really happens during these so called appraisal's?
Its all like putting up a fake show - in which everybody is forced to participate because the corporate policy says so. Nobody is interested, except probably you - with a tiny, tiny hope - that somebody would recognize the good work you have done, at last. The only people who benefit are psychophants and very rarely once in a third blue moon, the real work horses, only because they are the only ones who are left behind all this time.
It does not surprise me that every time this time of the year i get a feeling that its time to quit this job and look for another one. Like the passing clouds, this thought also just passes by. It is so amazing that people can stick to their not-so-interesting or whatever jobs for so long. Why is that and what is that, that makes most of us keep away from trying to switch or let go ourselves into the free world in search of the dream that we always want to pursue.
It is a frustrating time.