Very important document. At year end, how many employees really believe they're in the bottom 50% of a population? And is it really worth fighting this when m

Very important document. At year end, how many employees really believe they're in the bottom 50% of a population? And is it really worth fighting this when measurement of ability is so hard? Most "Up or Out" firms need to cull people so they are firm, and try to create the appearance of rigor. Most software firms find this much more difficult. Very few start-ups have formal evaluation processes, which sounds terrible to the MBA crowd, but could just be admitting that it's impossible to really fairly judge people. (Deming would say judge the system anyway)