Microsoft changes employee rating system

Yesterday it became known that Microsoft is changing its employee assessment system. The previous method was considered by many to be the main reason for the lack of innovation and the increasing backlog of the company .

The previous method of calculation (the so-called stack ranking) ratings for employees, in general, did not encourage the creation of strong teams and new products, the main thing was to get a good review.


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Brian Cody, a former Microsoft engineer, says that more effort was put on visibility for managers than on improving skills. Having worked for 16 years as a marketing manager at Microsoft, Ed McCahill calls the bureaucracy in the company the main reason for the failure of Microsoft in the mobile market.

The new system will better comply with product development cycles, in addition, Microsoft wants the company's employees in long-term projects not to be deprived of bonuses or compensation, but also, and most importantly, to improve the interaction between different departments and teams in a huge company, to encourage professional growth of employees .

Fully letter from Microsoft HR Director Lisa Brummel can be read, for example, on The Verge .