Firing the bottom 15% every year automatically is just going to lead to a corporate culture of politicking and backstabbing, glory-hounding and not helping each

Firing the bottom 15% every year automatically is just going to lead to a corporate culture of politicking and backstabbing, glory-hounding and not helping each other. I hesitate to call this an "unintended consequence" since it looks perfectly obvious to me. I really don't think it's going to lead to the best actual performance of the company. With any metric, you really do have to ask "how is this going to be gamed" before implementing it. Unrelated example: http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/archives/2005/04/more_manipulati.php http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/archives/2005/04/more_m....