Comm 101

Winnie Ng’s Reply:

Though I agree that Microsoft has been harsh on cultivating the best employees and “weeding out the weak”, I am personally a bit skeptical that completely removing the employee ranking system will have a more positive effect on the performance results of employees. The reason I think this is because I feel that employees work better when they are given an incentive to work. Through the ranking system, employees are more motivated to perform better, in my opinion, as most employees don’t want to be perceived as less competent than their coworkers. So instead of completely removing the employee ranking program, I think that Microsoft should reward their excellent employees and provide constructive criticism (and encouragement) to those that are less capable.