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I was hoping that this was an analysis of the new review system, or at least included an analysis of the new review system. It doesn't; this is a two year old

I was hoping that this was an analysis of the new review system, or at least included an analysis of the new review system. It doesn't; this is a two year old article that suggests that Microsoft's old review system ("stack ranking") was flawed. Which is a fine position, and this was a well-written criticism, despite being old news when it was written, but it doesn't hold up so much after the changes HR made to the review model. (Disclaimer: MSFT employee.)

PhantomGremlin 12y ago
> it doesn't hold up so much after the changes HR made Do you have a link to anything public about this? I've only read negatives about stack ranking and MSFT HR. It would be nice to read about how they've changed their evil ways.
- ethomson 12y ago
  You'll find a handful of announcements if you google "microsoft new review system". http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/12/5094864/microsoft-kills-stack-ranking-internal-structure http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/12/5094864/microsoft-kills-s... is helpful as it includes the memo that introduced the new system. What I have not seen is any substantial discussions about the new system recently, which would be useful since the FY has now wrapped and we have had our first review under the new system. Speaking only for myself, I don't really know how different the new system is than the old system, but I also didn't see a lot of problems in the old system. This may be because my group is somewhat odd (we're not in Redmond.)