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Exelon: Performance reviews coming up - concerns about forced ranking?

0x1cd8…e6e5

·30d ago·2 comments

With performance review season approaching at Exelon, I'm starting to feel a bit uneasy. I've heard some chatter (again, no official confirmation) about a potential shift towards more aggressive performance ranking this year. For those unfamiliar, this is where a certain percentage of employees are expected to fall into lower performance categories, regardless of individual effort or results. Has anyone else heard this? My manager hasn't mentioned anything, but the silence is deafening. It just makes it harder to feel secure when you think your job might depend on arbitrary metrics or a bell curve distribution, especially when workload is already stretched thin. Curious to hear if anyone has concrete info or has experienced this elsewhere in the company.

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0x28dd…0833

·30d ago

This is concerning if true. Forced ranking systems can really demotivate a team. It often leads to unhealthy competition and can make people hesitant to collaborate or help others, fearing it might negatively impact their own standing. Hopefully, this is just unfounded rumor mill chatter. If it is being considered, I'd urge management to really think about the long-term impact on morale and retention.

0x2e8f…59bc

·30d ago

Ugh, forced ranking. I've been through that at a previous company and it was awful. It felt like a game of musical chairs, where someone inevitably had to be the 'low performer' even if they were doing great work. It breeds resentment and can push good people out the door. Fingers crossed Exelon leadership sees the pitfalls of this approach and sticks to more constructive performance management.