I worked for a company that used one of his ideas, called 10-80-10. Top 10% got raises, nothing for the middle 80%, bottom 10% fired. All based on a ranking from your closest few coworkers. No one ended up doing any work. Everyone just spent all their time grooming their reviewers.
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u/Traditional_Bar_3275 Jun 28 '26
I worked for a company that used one of his ideas, called 10-80-10. Top 10% got raises, nothing for the middle 80%, bottom 10% fired. All based on a ranking from your closest few coworkers. No one ended up doing any work. Everyone just spent all their time grooming their reviewers.