Ever have a review on a curve? I worked in a department that had five engineers and the boss m said he had to do raises on a curve so one person got a 1, one got a 5 and the rest were 2, 3 or 4.

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That’s pretty normal - bosses get x,y,z % that have to be rated in each category

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Yes, very common. Especially professional services. It’s also called forced ranking, stack ranking, etc.

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Ours is 70/20/10. 70-ish% “meets expectations”, up to 20% can “exceed expectations” (but never more than 20%), and 10% -12% have to get a “does not meet expectations”.

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Yes, forced ranking. You can all meet or exceed your goals and someone will get a needs improvement or does not meet.
You can thank Jack Welch for this brilliance.

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