This appears to be incorrect - https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Google-stack-rank-its-employees-despite-the-high-rate-of-disapproval-and-controversy-within-the-co

This appears to be incorrect - https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Google-stack-rank-its-employees-despite-the-high-rate-of-disapproval-and-controversy-within-the-company https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Google-stack-rank-its-employe... I think you may be confusing the stack ranking at google, that doesn't result in dismissal (Google were in fact, right up until Covid, still on a hiring spree with a shortage of engineers); with what Microsoft historically did (and stopped doing in 2013).