We compared their performance review scores. I was always leery of this given how fraught performance reviews are, but that’s how the company judged employee ‘worth’ so it made sense to align there.
I honestly dont remember. It’s been a long time and I wasn’t privy to the assessments just the scores (and they were anonymized before I saw them). I do remember them being several 5 point scores.
It wouldn’t surprise me if they were just manager assessments.
Is it largely based on soft skills assessment. Or somehow code quality is being judge?