[scatterhead]

This article doesn't support its claim. It references an article that claims Google asked managers to rate a certain percentage of employees as poor performers. But the claim that Google intends to lay off these poor performers seems to be totally unsubstantiated.

[UncleMeat]

Yeah this entire thing is just people overreacting on Blind and then that getting picked up by garbage forbes contributors.

There's been a performance review system forever. There's been expected distributions across large groups forever. The only two things that are new are

1. The system has a new name

2. There is a new bucket for "below expectations but not so far below that it crushes your compensation for next year"

That's it.

Nobody knows if Google will lay people off. But this game of telephone rumors is a mess.