Robert and Dale,
I can not speak for all people who use ranking. However, for me (I use
triage), the intent is not to fire half the people. Having reviewed the
series on ranking and assessment, I can find no reference to anyone who
wanted to do anything like fire half the people. Some, including me,
claim that termination is appropriate for a few people, but very, very
few. Not 50%.
Actually, a strong performance assessment process prevents or reduces
firings. The real intent of ranking or triage is to identify those people
most in need of management's attention.
> I don't understand the value of this. If I dismiss everyone below the
> 50th percentile, then I'm left with a new set of people, and therefore a
> new ranking. If I measure them again, half will again be below the 50th
> percentile, so by the same logic I'd have to dismiss them. If I measure
> again, ...
--Rol Fessenden
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