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Are managers stack ranked too? If not, and assuming the whole scheme works[1], then steady state is accumulation of bad managers, while they keep firing above-a
by sangnoir 5y ago
Are managers stack ranked too? If not, and assuming the whole scheme works[1], then steady state is accumulation of bad managers, while they keep firing above-average ICs (that are still in their bottom 10).
1. It doesn't work, obviously because they are not in a closed system. Their policies affect their reputation, which will affect their ability to hire ICs who have to contend with an increasingly higher bar to clear.
- malfist 5y agoManagers are indeed stack ranked at amazon. Only L7 and above escape this, and typically they don't have an option to PIP/Focus, they're just straight out shown the door.
- sangnoir 5y ago> Managers are indeed stack ranked at amazon. I wish I could have said that's better than the alternative, but it's not. I suspect the ground is always shifting beneath you at Amazon. Even if your performance is fine, a colleague or your manager could get PIP'd