Timeline for How to deal with upper management's lack of a reason for performance review stack ranking downgrade?
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| Jul 20, 2018 at 6:18 | comment | added | Fiora the Ferret | Stack ranking may be thoroughly discredited, but the OP's problem is that with ignorant senior management, the fact that - in their eyes - it's only the "low performers" that complain (or leave) may just entrench their position deeper. | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 10:33 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/849933033897635840 | ||
| Apr 5, 2017 at 10:05 | comment | added | Laurie | I've heard that enough people have been complaining that they have at least concluded that the process was poorly executed. But so far, they are still committed to having a bell curve. I'm sure some people will find other jobs, but I think it will take a least a couple years for management to catch on that this isn't the best way to manage. | |
| Apr 4, 2017 at 21:39 | comment | added | A. I. Breveleri | @NKCampbell: Could work -- unless the real motivation behind "rolling out a stack ranking process" is downsizing the workforce. I can't believe that any manager, given what is now known about stack ranking, could possibly believe that it improves productivity. The "small number of upper level managers" are delusional and think that they can squeeze the same amount of work out of fewer and fewer people. | |
| Apr 4, 2017 at 19:31 | comment | added | NKCampbell | if everything I've ever read or heard about stack ranking is even 50% accurate I'd start looking for a new job and try to take as many people as you can with you. Once a good majority of you have offers (and are willing to take them) you can try to use that leverage to get them to get rid of this horrible methodology but that won't likely happen until they see massive flight | |
| Apr 4, 2017 at 14:10 | answer | added | HLGEM | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 4, 2017 at 4:23 | comment | added | Stephan Branczyk | I would still complain to the HR person, or go over his head if there is someone in HR above him. What is he going to do? Downgrade you even more because he's not happy you did that? In any case, it's time to polish your resume and start applying at other companies. Flight is the normal response to a crazy nonsensical situation. | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 20:26 | answer | added | PoloHoleSet | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 6:49 | comment | added | Magisch | @Laurie It's possible that they sold this system to investors and want to give out raises based on that, but got cold feet when a lot of people were ranked highly. Now they may just move down everyone but their favorites, in order to give them raises instead of the others. It's the same thing as it used to be previously, but now it's more overt because they (on the surface) comitted to a formula for it that they now have to skew to make their previous practices work. | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 22:30 | answer | added | Simon B | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 20:32 | comment | added | Laurie | Yes, this is apparently what happened. My boss will continue probing for information. Similar things happened to others as well. | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 20:14 | history | edited | Laurie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 1, 2017 at 18:11 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 12 | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 17:33 | answer | added | Joe Strazzere | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 17:23 | comment | added | Lilienthal♦ | Not quite following you, is your issue that you got a glowin performance review, then higher management started grading people on a curve, moving their ratings down arbitrarily? If that's really what happened and your boss couldn't change anything even after pushing back against it then the only real advice anyone could really give you is to find a new job. | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 16:38 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 1, 2017 at 16:19 | comment | added | gnat | Possible duplicate of Why is it important to gain "visibility" in the workplace? | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 15:53 | history | asked | Laurie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |