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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This example of the real world seems artificially constructed. ”There are always exactly 5 people who deserve 1s, no matter who is working here at any given time.”

What if — just a thought experiment here — you hired 20 4s from previous years? A all-stars team as it were. Would you still give 5 1s? [/quote]

DP.  The answer is yes.  They are compared among each others.  The goal is to get the very best SWE and these guys get paid a lot of money.  Think of it like the recent College Football Playoff where there are at least six teams that are qualified but only four teams were selected.  You don't get a participation trophy.[/quote]

But that’s a one-day game. Where the goal is a literal trophy. We are talking here about employment, in an industry/world where recruitment and employee turnover are one of the most substantive cost centers, and where every new cohort brings new risk. I suppose the “there are always five 1s” approach might be a way to hit short-term goals (not even sure about that, as it could be a disincentive to hard work for some). But it hardly seems like the long-term play. [/quote]

+100. What you want is an entire team of 5s. But this set up will never get you there, because you have to give ones, even after you've spent time/money training the people to work to your specifications. So those 1s will take that training and move elsewhere.

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And you will get a reputation as a terrible/toxic place to work, so many highly qualified who would likely be 4s+ will simply not want to work in that toxic environment.   I perform at 110% at my job.  I've always been a "striver".  But I wouldn't want to work for a company whose goal is to always have 20% of the team be "bad performers and fire them".  There are way too many tech companies not like that for me to join. If I'm going to give 110%, I expect the company to be a nurturing place with managers who care and who view their job being "to create a team of all 4s".    [/quote]

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