The good ol’ Bell Curve. Something that describes genetic distribution has been foolishly compared to human behavior. This is a result of the idiotic idea that intelligence and behavior are genetically transmitted. As a result companies that are stupid enough to employ psychologists come up with stupid bell curve based rating systems.
You can have a crew smart guys and you can have a crew of dolts. The idea that the chief dolt deserves a bonus and the guy who is not quite as smart as the others, though he is still a brain, deserves to be fired is itself stupid beyond belief. Anyone who uses such a system is a bad manager. This is obvious because the companies that use this system struggle and fail.
If anyone thinks that there is any validity to the bell curve ratings system remember that it is used by the Federal Govt. It is laziness personified.
Good points. If "management" was doing their job in hiring, they would be getting the people at above average on the curve. There wouldn't be a group of dolts to evaluate....maybe the managers are the problem, not the employees....... Naaah, couldn't happen, let them fire 5% of their employees every year and get a big bonus and big stock award, after all, they are "management", they are special...their bosses have said so.....
While the concept of “Teamwork” is a good one in business, there also should also be a system where excellence is rewarded and incompetence “corrected”.