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tlsr t1_iwuy6yn wrote

Reply to comment by CappinPeanut in Amazon Recently Told Managers to Identify, 'Stack Rank' Low Performers Immediately by Truetree9999

I worked at a company that does this, year round, regardless of environment -- through good times and bad.

They are arrogant about why too: they believe there is always someone better than what they have and that someone will always want to work for them (they never explain why this super-hero doesn't currently work for them).

Ironically, this super-hero that they get to join the company is now a potential low performer as well. The circualr logic to this process is stunning.

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CappinPeanut t1_iwuz1et wrote

Yea, my company used to do this year round. It was a horrific and toxic environment. It didn’t last long at all.

But, announcing layoffs and asking managers to rank everyone is a different animal. Performance based cost cutting seems to make the most sense and ranking everyone worst to best is the way to do that.

It sucks any time a company does layoffs, but it’s much better as a one off exercise than as a yearly practice, that’s for sure.

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