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In general, performance reviews are great in theory, but fall down in application. Theoretically, a review is a time to talk about the great work you did, what
by Delmania 11y ago
In general, performance reviews are great in theory, but fall down in application. Theoretically, a review is a time to talk about the great work you did, what you learned, and what your goals are. Your manage can respond will honest feedback and a merit increase.
The reality is reviews are a part of a process, and your rank in them depends in part on the quota set by HR. Most of the time, HR wants employees to fit within a bell curve for rankings. In some extreme examples, people's reviews were based on a predetermined track and not on actual performance.
Netflix's policy is just HR marketing. If all you do is keep your 4 and 5, then what makes those people 4 and 5 will start to become 2 and 3. It's a moving goalpost, and sounds like an effort to increase productivity without increasing compensation.
I may be jaded.
- ssharp 11y agoIf you fire all the 1's, 2's, and 3's, you have to hire people to fill in those positions. And in one year, the whole group gets re-evaluated, including the new hires. I'd think it would take quite a few cycles before the people who were 4's and 5's became 2's and 3's, while maintaining their same levels of productivity. I think GE was well known for doing a similar practice under Jack Welsch and they still had plenty of long-term employees. I don't think the system is particularly desirable though.
- plonh 11y agoCulling the bottom 10% is great when you measure accurately and you have 15% dead weight. But what about when those conditions are not met?
- kazinator 11y agoLegend has it that Vancouver's billionaire tycoon Jim Pattison ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Pattison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Pattison ... used to have a policy in effect in his car dealerships that the worst producing salesman would be fired every month. For instance, this is remarked upon in this National Post article: http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=fb5f68f1-5946-4b46-8a1b-6428db31d1d7 http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=fb5f68f1-5946-4b46... (search for word "salesman"). I think, no conditions were applied. Worst just meant not as many sales or as much revenue as the second worst salesman.
- sshine 11y agoCan you volunteer as tribute, though?
- yuhong 11y agoPersonally, I think the idea of turning "performance" into a number is just fundamentally flawed. Giving the same salary to an entire team is a better idea