>If there was a more balanced weighting between superiors, peers and subordinates ratings, do you think these negatives outcomes would be avoided? Not really b

>If there was a more balanced weighting between superiors, peers and subordinates ratings, do you think these negatives outcomes would be avoided? Not really because the stack ranking would still turn everything into a knife fight. It might even be worse because people would blame their coworkers for getting another 3 rating instead of everyone being unified in our hatred for upper management and the performance system as a whole. We recently had a big Pres/VP management shakeup and the new crew is supposedly looking into changing the performance reviews but who knows how far that'll go. But they did sort out our crazy hiring requirements almost immediately so fingers crossed that they'll set some more fires before things stabilize. >But I would like to be aware of any potential pitfalls with it (not just for me, but for the company also). My only tip is to find a project lead/manager who didn't drink the kool aid.