When people talk about hating corporate America, the perf system is what they hate the most. This system is dystopian. Here are a few reasons why: - Every pro

When people talk about hating corporate America, the perf system is what they hate the most. This system is dystopian. Here are a few reasons why: - Every productive member is rated every few months by people who don't have a clue about the actual work - Your success as an IC depends on how well your manager defends you, not on what you did - You might abruptly get ejected from a company just because the manager of managers decided to implement a stack rank and you fall in the bottom - once again, unrelated to the actual work you did - You are working in a "team" but apparently competing against them because you don't want to fall at the bottom of the ratings system. If someone asks you to design a system where team members sabotage each other, what would you design? - Collaboration is actively discouraged. No force multiplication, no mentorship except the fake "mentor" system established by corporate. - The work you do doesn't matter. All that matters is performance ratings. Which means all that matters is bootlicking the right manager. You can NEVER have differences from a manager even if they are falling off a cliff. And this is why the average tenure in tech companies is 18 months. Most people get tired of the management song and dance, dancing to ratings pretty quick. It's not that people are lazy. It's that the place of employment is actively hostile. People suffer through mental issues when working in a place that treats its own employees like enemies.