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> Normally, management, your peers, or the company as a whole are aware of your performance. They should be doing a lot of this for you, in my opinion.

In company's with forced attrition rates, it becomes a hell of a popularity contest.

When Kevin Turner (former Wal-Mart exec) headed CSS (Customer Services and Support) at M$FT, it was a shit show and a half - creating something like a mandatory 5% attrition rate per year.

Nothing boosts morale better than people vying to NOT be the person let go that year. /s




Hah, true enough/fair.

Even in a business where it's routine to rest/vest, no 'crabs in a bucket' mentality required, these contests seem likely to appear.

One could simply exist/accrue an empire, yet... that's not enough. I suppose it's boredom.

Many reasons why we can't have nice things. Agh.




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