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>"I also didn't like the idea of (reportedly) being stack-ranked, and having everyone's metrics thrown up in a meeting, for a bunch of managers who excel in Ama

>"I also didn't like the idea of (reportedly) being stack-ranked, and having everyone's metrics thrown up in a meeting, for a bunch of managers who excel in Amazon's metrics-driven corporate culture to debate amongst themselves." I've heard on numerous occasions that the culture at Amazon is toxic but I'm surprised to hear that they used "stacked ranking" to evaluate employees. Isn't this kind of a ancient dinosaur corporate idea from GE? I thought this had fallen out of favor. Can anyone verify?

neilv 7y ago
Good question. Looks like they've probably improved: "Amazon to drop dreaded stack-ranking performance reviews ", 2016-11-14. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-says-it-will-change-performance-reviews-focus-on-staffers-strengths/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-says-it-... > The changes, first reported by tech news site GeekWire and set to become effective in 2017, make Amazon the latest tech firm to abandon the dreaded stack-ranking system.