The recruiters did indeed lie to you about the size of the buckets and how far up they went. They say they try to keep things statistically significant, but the

The recruiters did indeed lie to you about the size of the buckets and how far up they went. They say they try to keep things statistically significant, but the number of people in my band was pretty low, and it was clear that some good people were going to get screwed. Something is wrong when you are shafting great people in one part of the company while promoting knuckle-draggers in another. Part of Ballmer/Brummel's trouble is that they couldn't seem to recognize who was honestly contributing versus who was parasite, or an under-performer, or someone toxic who was pushing out good people to serve their personal gain.