[krishnakv]

The major point the came out for me from the article is how destructing ranking people "against a curve" is.

"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"

This was originally popularized by GE and borrowed by dozens of companies as a HR best practice. Now every major corporation tries to rank their employees along a bell curve as 1's, 2's, 3's and 4's and inevitably, they lose the 1's who quit in disgust rather than put up with this.

My hope is at least a few HR decision makers read this article, look at what is happening in their own companies and come up with a better way to motivate and get the best of employees. Quickly before this cancerous policy eats up the best talent in in the organization.