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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting debate re bottom performers vs superstars. Could be its own thread. Superstars are exhausting. Very demanding, grabby, and just don't stop so you're forced to draw boundaries in a way that should be counterintuitive. The low performers are a nightmare but at least you have to approach them, they're not always on you. Sometimes you can rehabilitate them into something acceptable but the top performers are never going to stop taking up all the oxygen in the room. [/quote]

Ugh total opposite in my experience. I'd much rather have the superstars. The low performers, in my experience, don't improve and I wind up doing their job and mine. I was so much more productive after 2 people left and I could do all my own work instead of mine plus theirs![/quote]

One thing I've learned -- and this is what made me squarely in the "I'm just here for the paycheck" camp -- is that the definition of a "top" vs "bottom" performer is defined primarily by how well you mesh with your supervisor, to a lesser extent how your supervisor meshes with people higher up (so they can better advocate for you) and very little, if hardly any, attention is paid to actual skill or aptitude.[/quote]

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