Wow, this almost exactly like where I worked, except peer reviews were also there. People would put in little stuff like "he once made xyz mistake in coding" (o

Wow, this almost exactly like where I worked, except peer reviews were also there. People would put in little stuff like "he once made xyz mistake in coding" (on local machine mind you, not on staging and not at all on production). That would lead to the manager complaining about it 4 months after it happened and telling you your coding was not upto par. Result : does not meet expectations Promotions happened entirely on the visibility of your project. One team reported directly to the VP, so EVERYONE in the team got a raise/promotion. Among the rest, around 5 people were promoted. That team, for reference sake, had 7 people if I remember correctly.