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I thought this originated at Microsoft long before Google with stack rankings of your team members.
by fromMars 3y ago
I thought this originated at Microsoft long before Google with stack rankings of your team members.
- philiplu 3y agoI was at Microsoft from 1991 to 2007, almost always as an IC, and don't ever recall stack-ranking teammates. That was always something done by the managers, not the ICs. Even my short stint as a manager (with one report, lol), I wasn't on any of the stack-ranking meetings, thankfully.
- charles_f 3y agoNo. Microsoft is manager based. There's a peer feedback system but it's mostly useless
- risfriend 3y agoMicrosoft is manager centric. Even when they tried to move away from bell curve, it led to more power in the hands of manager by giving them the budget.
- lazyasciiart 3y agoAND Microsoft took it from Jack Welch at GE. https://www.businessinsider.com/stack-ranking-employees-is-a-bad-idea-2013-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/stack-ranking-employees-is-a...
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoStack ranking is different than peer review. Google used to have both, but got rid of stack ranking.