Microsoft Axes Its Controversial Stack-Ranking HR System

Good move by Microsoft; this system was just poisonous. But it’s a curious decision to be made while the company’s senior leadership is in flux. And the sign-off on the company-wide memo from HR chief Lisa Brummel struck me as a little cultish:

There is nothing we cannot accomplish when we work together as One Microsoft.

★ Wednesday, 13 November 2013