Fortune 500s... Rating 1 - 5 (1 best, 5 worst). Management required to restrict to rating quotas. These kick-in at a span-of-control level of around FTE>50,

Fortune 500s... Rating 1 - 5 (1 best, 5 worst). Management required to restrict to rating quotas. These kick-in at a span-of-control level of around FTE>50, and below that at the span-of-control manager to manage. For some departments there's increased flexibility. Some managers who really don't see the reason for filling their quota of 'good' (3) sometimes trade with other managers. 1: ~3-5% 2: ~23-25% 3: ~50-60% 4-5: rest. Formal performance reviews done annually, with interim (6 month) review. Now is 6 month stage. 1-1s on a bi-weekly basis, always documented. Formal performance review an opportunity to highlight and push to one's manager what they may have forgotten or fell from their consciousness.