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On Reviews
- Mithaldu 11y agoIt's a little funny that in most sane situations (gaming, hardware manufacturing, book-writing, movies, etc. etc.) self reviews are a scandal, an abhorrence; while some types of company managers actually think it's a good idea.
- pacaro 11y agoI feel this. Also a couple of years out of MS and finally calming down about the review system... My 2¢ is that in principle the review system was never too bad, self review + manager review + calibration -> pay + stock. The biggest problem IMHO was no protection from bad actors, there was an implicit assumption that all parties were being honest at all times
- hashkb 11y agoThis implicit assumption is what the bad actors notice and capitalize upon. Before you realize it, they are consolidating power and it's too late to oust them because they are writing your review.
- hashkb 11y agoThe problem is that your only options, as an on-the-ground engineer/dataperson/designer/etc are to play ball or quit. There is no panel in front of which to make your case, mistakes are not corrected. Authority is absolute and reviews are a charade.
- maxxxxx 11y agoIt took me a while to realize how broken the process at my company is. You have to write your own review, review your coworkers, write your own goals. There is never any feedback from management if the goals are realistic or what their expectations are. At the end it's always "Keep doing what you are doing".
- jason_s 11y agoMicrochip Technology decouples yearly reviews and pay raises. (And pay raises aren't necessarily once a year, it ebbs and flows with company earnings.) I like this a lot; it removes a lot of the stress from the review process.
- yuhong 11y agoI think a bigger problem for MS is this: http://www.crn.com/news/cloud/300072551/microsofts-enterprise-software-price-hikes-paying-off-as-sql-server-business-hits-5-billion-mark.htm http://www.crn.com/news/cloud/300072551/microsofts-enterpris... (and don't think it is limited to SQL Server, I think it probably is affecting Windows too)