Microsoft: Terrible Management Technique

The Terrible Management Technique That Cost Microsoft Its Creativity - Forbes:

“Every current and former Microsoft employee I interviewed—every one—
cited stack ranking as the most destructive process inside of Microsoft, 
something that drove out untold numbers of employees,” Eichenwald writes. 


“If you were on a team of 10 people, you walked in the first day knowing that, 
no matter how good everyone was, 2 people were going to get a great review, 
7 were going to get mediocre reviews, and 1 was going to get a terrible review,”
says a former software developer. 
“It leads to employees focusing on competing with each other 
rather than competing with other companies.”


@ Vanity Fair