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		francisofascii on Aug 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Calif. tech companies see laid-off workers as 'tab... In my experience performance reviews don't accurately differentiate the high performers vs the low performers. No one gets below average unless you are really struggling. The only real currency is if PMs want you on their team or not.

mrgoldenbrown on Aug 27, 2024 [–]

>No one gets below average unless you are really struggling.

Plenty of companies require someone to be rated below average. See "stack ranking" for example. Is it dumb? Probably. Is it common? Sadly yes.

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