'fades when promo season comes around, because those “aren’t core skillsets,” or something similar.'
Exactly what I'm going through right now with a potential PIP. Last year I was told there was a solid basis for me being the getting the highest rating, but only if my core work was faster. Now they want to PIP me like nothing else I contribute to matters.
I’m very sorry. I quit a job once because they couldn’t follow their own rubric for promos.
“We’ve written down objective guidelines for what constitutes your relative performance.”
“Great, looks like I’m a shoe-in.”
“Well… there are intangibles.”
“Then why have the rubric?”
Yep. The speed issue they are pulling is an area that doesn't have any objective standards. So I ran a JIRA query to see how I stacked up against the other person who was my level on the team. We completed almost the same number of points over the course of this year...
IFF the company consistently values those skills. IME, they’ll say upon interviewing or hiring that those aren’t necessary for their workload, until they suddenly are, where you’re lauded as a hero. Predictably, the memory of hero status fades when promo season comes around, because those “aren’t core skillsets,” or something similar.