Keep in mind that this is Activision Blizzard crap, implemented by people above Mike Ybarra. The folks at Blizzard Entertainment do not agree with it, but they don’t have a choice, which is something that Brian Birmingham stated in his twitter threads on the matter.
Just something to keep in mind so that you all point the pitchforks where they belong, and not at people who don’t have a say.
Our company used to do a review system of 1-5 for different metrics, but we weren’t allowed to give anyone anything above a 3. Had a whole meeting on it every year. Was a really odd system, then we finally got an HR department. Now we can rate them whatever we want, but it doesn’t affect their bonus or anything. Just a number for positive reinforcement.
Why are you hiring substandard, average employees? That doesn’t speak very well to your ability to attract and retain good talent.
Yeah. And if hes being a knob ill let him know and/or find a better place to work.
The whole point of this is about the employees getting better treatment right? Then demand it. Just be prepared to follow through and walk. Thats all.
Yes and no. See below. Forcing this kind of curve grading is not reflective of the student’s actual capability. It ONLY shows their ranking against others in their class. It does not provide any comparison that is useful outside of that one class (or work team).
Same would go if all the persons got failure grades BUT they were forced to give the top performer high scores even though they did poorly. Below a 60% is usually an F (failure).
ALL those should fail. None should be giving a passing grade, yet the curve forces poor performing folks up only because others also did badly.
This is not about “woke” it is about putting false rankings not based on actual performance. Good or bad.
Nobody outside that one class/team knows that the first student got an F despite having over a 90% in the class. Nor would someone realize the second case, the student with the A got a failing grade.
Now imagine both of those classes are in the same school and the two are competing for a scholarship. Who has the advantage? The student with a 59% A or the one with the 93% F? The actual percents are not on the transcripts…
Same for industry. It makes people want to get onto a bad team so they can be the stand out and not have to work hard.
NOBODY is suggesting people not be evaluated fairly. What should not happen is having low marks applied to great performers simply to create some sort of ranking system.
NO, this has nothing to do with “woke”. Stop trying to insert irrelevant stuff in there.
I worked for a top 10 us financial
Company for a few years and saw this same system in practice there. I saw a “weak teammate” get absolutely dumpstered in her review because our market was just full of high performers. When you compared her to the company metrics she was probably about top 25%. Our market was just the top 1-3 every quarter and the bar was just really high. Most of middle management came up through our ranks as a result though.
It also made it glaringly obvious that some markets had figured out how to game the system and ensure they were getting the minimum done for inflation par raises.
Beyond infuriating.
Awful environment.
Yeah, I was just reading that and as someone who also works in tech, actually being outraged for once. So, grats to Activision-Blizzard management for making even my cold jaded heart think you’re the scum of the earth, I guess?
Can this company go on one single year without being evil?
at almost 20 years old, this Penny Arcade strip is still as relevant as it has ever been
There hasn’t been quality for this game in a long time, so I agree.
found the guy whose never had a job in their live
Not odd.
if you give thema 5 they won’t work harder!
this was sarcasm ofc. HR does crap like this all over. I think, tin foil time, its supposed to throw off poachers as well.
Oh they will know Tom/tammy is a solid 5. they could be poached by a competitor.
umm, no. that competitor is paying good people to be headhunting poachers who work out who is worth a damn to poach.
they can already guess and know some managers take credit for other peoples work. they work out who the 3 people are who actually did that great work. And poach them. they leave the glory stealing manager who ain’t worth a damn,
yet here you are. something’s working.
Giving it till tomorrow, we’ll see.
Hate to tell you, but this is any business that isn’t ran like a daycare.
Imagine that you’re directly pitted against your fellow employees, and your ability to keep working there or be compensated fairly is directly inversely related to how well the other employees do at their job. How would that affect your willingness to help them in any way?
What kind of quality of decision making comes out of a company where people have financial and job-retaining incentives to sabotage their coworkers Hunger Games style so that they survive another day, so you have a bunch of half-trained, misinformed people wandering around blundering into things instead of being given a heads-up by other people who only want to see them succeed?
Not acceptable in either work place. FFXIV or WoW.
Lol, I don’t think poachers know what they get for an internal review system. Everyone was pretty clear they were getting a 3, we didn’t hide it from anyone. Called them in, told them they were doing great then had them sign the paper with 3s across the board. If they asked why we were all pretty up front, told them we weren’t allowed to give above a 3.
…I’m sorry, my soul just exited my body.
I need to go lie down.
Dear OP,
Businesses have been doing this for years. A specific percentage of employees can have outstanding/excellent/good/needs improvement and yes, managers are expected to hit the percentages they are given.
In the company I worked for it was:
5%/10%/70%/15%
It is a terrible way to manage employees, but businesses do it to manage the bottom line.
Welcome to customer service. Quotas are a thing.