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FB to the win. Younger company. PIP culture. Hot products. They will collect nice talent during current recession. Bad for Google.

• actuator 6y ago
  Don't all companies have PIPs? Does Facebook have disproportionately high percentage of PIPs compared to their peers in FAANG, even Amazon?
  • throwaway1777 6y ago
    The original post was about Google and generally I’d say FB is indeed faster to hire and also faster to pip/fire than Google. Compared to Amazon and Netflix, probably not.
    • nappy-doo 6y ago
      I was a manager at FB for a couple of years. Basically, my first official act as a manager was firing someone. From there, it was pretty much, "find one person on your team per year to fire." It was an extremely high performing team, and even the less talented engineers were still very good. I quit rather than live in the culture.
      • actuator 6y ago
        Was this similar to MS's infamous stack ranking system where some teammates will be always rated bad even if everyone is doing well?
        • ra7 6y ago
          Yes, FB has a similar system.
          • throwaway1777 6y ago
            That’s bullshit. FB does not stack rank.
            • thewarrior 6y ago
              There is stack ranking at the org level. It’s all a bit hush hush but it’s there.
            • toast0 6y ago
              Maybe not to the degree that Microsoft does (did?), but look into 'calibrations', which is similar.
            • nappy-doo 6y ago
              yes they do. I sat in multiple calibrations. They stack rank.
      • mcharezinski 6y ago
        Did you lie to HN community to gain fame or it is actually true?