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by amznthrowaway5 2304 days ago
> Steve Ballmer revered Jack Welch's rank-and-yank management style.

So does Jeff Bezos. 10% forced "least effective" is still implemented here at Amazon and is truly destructive. The quota often gets passed down to small teams. The worst part is that performance evaluations have almost nothing to do with performance.