Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome
by capeterson on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:49PM
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Furthermore, it's unlikely that a company would simply drop X% of employees based on performance.
For example, one could be better than 90% of employees, but if they're highly specialized on a team/product that is getting phased out and they don't have transferable skills to move internally, they may get laid off even if they're not in the bottom % of whoever was getting laid off.
It definitely is an interesting thing to think about, but I agree that there are some holes to the logic.
That's an interesting thought experiment. Though not as straightforward as it sounds like at first.
For example, I think I'm pretty good at what I do, but I'm also pretty expensive.
But more importantly, companies don't have a good handle on people's performance. They have biased estimates, at best. See https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2015/03/06/the-hiring-post/ for an exploration of this topic from a hiring point of view, but it also exists to a lesser extent when people are already working for you.