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Re:Why I Quit Microsoft To Join A 5-Person Start Up In Toron... by michaelochurch on Monday August 05, 2013 @07:58PM (#6164002)
it puts pressure on bottom performers to leave the company or find a team that's a better match.

Stack-ranking makes it impossible for everyone but the top 25% to transfer, though, because no one wants someone with a bad or mediocre review history.

If you need to fire people, fire them. Flushing out good people in the name of stack ranking is a pointless, morale-killing waste.

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Re:Why I Quit Microsoft To Join A 5-Person Start Up In Toron... by jacalulu on Monday August 05, 2013 @08:13PM (#6164052)
Also, firing someone based on stack-ranking takes about 2 years (at least it did on my team).
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