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That is nothing new for Microsoft. I don't think they invented stack-ranking, but they were doing it basically from the 90s until Ballmer left. That's where you
by tadfisher 2y ago
That is nothing new for Microsoft. I don't think they invented stack-ranking, but they were doing it basically from the 90s until Ballmer left. That's where you're required to cut the bottom 20% of your team every year.
- int_19h 2y agoWhen MSFT did stack ranking officially, the buckets were 20% "overachievers", 70% "achievers", and 10% "underachievers", with the latter being targeted for cuts. If I remember correctly, these specific numbers originated at GE.