#highperformer

I’m willing to bet my paycheck that we will not lose bad performers, but some of our best people. They’ll grab onto this opportunity (read: excuse) to lay off people with higher pay (meaning, people with the most experience and knowledge who’ve been here a while) and replace them with cheaper hires. Sad but most likely true.

So many posts about managers stealing credit.

But what no one talks about these days is why managers are ONLY giving opportunities to individuals who are in the same region as themselves to show off while pushing high performing associates into oblivion??

Is this some some toxic tactic to frustrate associates into quitting?

Years of dedication and results don’t seem to matter anymore. It’s demoralizing for those of us left behind, to say the least. Knowing that hard work means nothing is certainly not a morale booster.

If your paycheck is bigger than most, brace yourself. Management doesn’t care about loyalty. They’ll cut the highest-paid first without blinking. It’s frustrating, unfair, and exhausting. Keep your resume ready and don’t kid yourself thinking it won’t happen to you.

Rewards are over and Microsoft will now (again) move into performance based layoffs where they will be cutting under performers flagged from this and past reviews. M5 level meetings are happening and have been scheduled. If you scored a 80 or below you are at risk this round. And keep in sight that managers were trained that 80 is considered performing as you are asked, nothing more. It’s clear they are on a mission to retain high performers only , the piece they are missing is that most high performers are not high performers…just good at the social game.