Precisely. And because the consequences of stack ranking are so significant you can bet your ass that anyone who can use office politics to game the system will

Precisely. And because the consequences of stack ranking are so significant you can bet your ass that anyone who can use office politics to game the system will do so. And at MS there are already a lot of politics in play, so stack ranking just brings it to the forefront. Instead of being a meritocracy it ends up being about whose managers play the game better and have more political power.