  Kurt Eichenwald  (Source:           Source: Vanity Fair
Comments     Threshold   By rdhood on 7/9/2012 5:29:30 PM ,
Rating: 2 For a very long time, HP used stack rankings as well.
This must have been 1990's management theory or something.  What
is true on a company-wide scale is not true for a small group.
If a manager is hiring the right people, there should be NO low
performers.  Stacked rankings can do several things:  1) force a
manager to choose only one or two individuals from a larger
group of high performance individuals for the best raises,
promotions, etc.  2) force a manager to choose a "low
performance" individual(s) from a group of high performers,
killing the "low" performer's career in the company.  3)
Everyone else is classified as "meets expectations". You get
your 3% raise. If you worked extra hours, developed a great
program, helped mentor coworkers... tough. A group can only have
a certain % of high performers.  RE: Interesting... By spread on
7/9/2012 5:52:02 PM , Rating: 3 There are a