Stack ranking is basically the "up or out"[0] with the added idiocy that there's not enough space "up". That said, most of the problems stem from tying up proj

Stack ranking is basically the "up or out"[0] with the added idiocy that there's not enough space "up". That said, most of the problems stem from tying up project and team fit with employment and career. (Again a similar phenomenon in the military: commanders during WW2 were given a short time to achieve results. If they failed the command was transferred to someone else. It was not a stigma like today. [1]) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_or_out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_or_out [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OehvY94N-WA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OehvY94N-WA