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> They're not actually finding the bottom 5%, they're giving managers an excuse to get rid of people the don't like for whatever reason.

More insidious is the rankings are capricious and arbitrary despite haughty claims. Unless you're in the top quintile and know so explicitly you can never feel safe in your position. You can also drop into the bottom quintile of the stack for no other reason than someone else on your team self aggrandized a bit more right before reviews.




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