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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by WalterBright on Friday June 17, 2022 @05:14PM (#31784457)
The US military is the same way. Officers get promoted, or they retire. I.e. "up or out".

In the AF, your performance reviews need to be "firewalled" or it's time to leave.

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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by vageli on Friday June 17, 2022 @06:15PM (#31785112)
> In the AF, your performance reviews need to be "firewalled" or it's time to leave.

What does firewalling a performance review mean?

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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by WalterBright on Friday June 17, 2022 @06:37PM (#31785341)
All the scores are at the max. "Firewalling" the throttle means full power (pushing it towards the firewall).
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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by taocoyote on Friday June 17, 2022 @05:30PM (#31784620)
Firewall fives, I forgot about that, or maybe blocked it from my memory. It’s the same for enlisted.
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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by pram on Friday June 17, 2022 @09:28PM (#31786524)
No kidding, my first EPR out of tech school had a bunch of 4s and when it came time to test for SSgt my combined points were so far off I just gave up and coasted until I got out. For the best though.
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