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India.com
2 days ago
- Business
- India.com
Bad news for employees of this company as it changes appraisal system, only 5% will get…, not Mukesh Ambani's Reliance, Narayana Murthy's Infosys, TCS, name is…
Amazon is marking a major shift in how companies assess corporate workforce performance. The new three-tiered system with the company's 16 core values will determine everything from salary increases to potential performance improvement plans during quarterly reviews, reported TOI. Amazon's New Appraisal System From this quarter's mid-year review cycle, Amazon managers will evaluate employees as per three criteria like Leadership Principles adherence, performance, and potential. These factors combined will be used for Overall Value score that will decide employees career progression and compensation decisions. Amazon Employees On Role Model Status The initiatives are taken after CEO Andy Jassy's created a disciplined workforce and improved corporate culture. Since last year, Jassy has started full work from office policy, reduced management layers, and revised compensation models to reward top performers. According to internal documents as per Business Insider report, only 5% of employees will qualify for the top 'role model' grade while Leadership Principles behavior will be measured. The company's spokesperson Sam Stephenson said these changes 'streamline the process for managers and help to ensure greater consistency.' Amazon Stack-ranking System Amazon maintains its stack-ranking culture, where managers categorize employees into five performance tiers as per predetermined percentages. Teams with over 50 employees must place 20% in the top tier, while 5% will be designated as 'Least Effective'. This system gained criticism as it gives managers authority to rank capable employees poorly to meet this distribution requirements. But other tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Meta also have stricter performance management policies this year.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Amazon is changing its appraisal system, and it wants employees to work ‘like' CEO Andy Jassy for salary increase or risk …
Amazon has officially integrated its Leadership Principles into employee evaluations for the first time, marking a significant shift in how the company assesses corporate workforce performance. The new three-tiered system formally embeds the company's 16 core values into quarterly reviews, determining everything from salary increases to potential performance improvement plans. Starting with this quarter's mid-year review cycle, Amazon managers will evaluate employees across three criteria: Leadership Principles adherence, performance, and potential. These factors combine to create an Overall Value score that directly impacts career progression and compensation decisions. Only 5% Amazon employees can earn elite "role model" status The initiative reflects CEO Andy Jassy 's ongoing effort to create a more disciplined workforce and strengthen corporate culture. Over the past year, Jassy has implemented a full return-to-office mandate, reduced management layers, and updated compensation models to better reward top performers. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Never turn off your computer again, if you own a mouse DesertOrder Play Now Undo The updated evaluation process combines Leadership Principles adherence with "performance" and "potential" ratings to determine an Overall Value (OV) score for each corporate employee. This score directly influences salary increases and determines whether workers may be placed on performance improvement plans. According to internal documents obtained by Business Insider, only 5% of employees will qualify for the top "role model" grade when measuring Leadership Principles behavior. The company's spokesperson Sam Stephenson said these changes "streamline the process for managers and help to ensure greater consistency." Amazon maintains its controversial stack-ranking system Amazon's performance review approach continues to face scrutiny from employees who describe the system as "predatory and opaque." The company maintains its contentious stack-ranking culture, where managers categorize employees into five performance tiers with predetermined percentages. Teams with over 50 employees must place 20% in the top tier, while 5% are designated as "Least Effective." This quota system has drawn criticism for potentially forcing managers to rank capable employees poorly to meet distribution requirements. The move aligns with broader industry trends as tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Meta have also implemented stricter performance management policies this year. Amazon's Leadership Principles, which emphasize customer focus and cost discipline, have long guided business decisions but now carry formal weight in individual career outcomes. Amazon regularly reviews its performance processes to support employee growth and development, according to company representatives.
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Amazon rolls out a stricter performance review process — with culture as a key metric
Amazon is leaning harder on its "Leadership Principles" to rate employee performance, as CEO Andy Jassy continues to create a more disciplined workforce at the tech company. Starting this quarter's mid-year review cycle, Amazon managers will use a three-tiered system to evaluate how effectively corporate employees demonstrate the company's core values in their work, according to an internal document obtained by Business Insider. Although the Leadership Principles have long been central to Amazon's culture and considered in performance reviews, this is the first time they've been formally embedded into the evaluation process. Amazon relies on its 16 LPs, which stress things like customer focus and cost discipline, to guide nearly all business decisions. As part of this shift, Amazon is streamlining the rating scales for the other two evaluation criteria ("performance" and "potential"). Together with how employees use LPs, these factors determine an Overall Value (OV) score for each corporate employee, which influences future raises and whether they may be placed on a performance improvement plan. The internal guideline said the changes will "improve our ability to identify top talent and further strengthen our culture." It added that only 5% of the employees will be eligible for the top "role model" grade when measuring their LP behavior. "By making Leadership Principles a formal input to Overall Value ratings and increasing the granularity of the input rating combinations, the updated process helps us strengthen the connection between performance and culture," the guideline added. The move is part of a wider wave among tech giants to rethink how they manage performance and reward employees. Microsoft has a new 2-year rehire ban on ousted underperforming employees. Both Google and Meta have also made policy changes that better reward high performers this year. More discipline The initiative demonstrates Jassy's ongoing commitment to cultivating a more rigorous workforce and a more cohesive corporate culture. In the past year, Jassy has enforced a full return-to-office policy, reduced management layers, and updated its pay model to better reward top talent. Last year, he also shared a video series explaining each LP, and recently warned that AI will reduce Amazon's workforce because of efficiency gains. Amazon's spokesperson Sam Stephenson told BI that the company regularly reviews its performance review process to "ensure it best supports the growth and development of our employees." "Our unique culture, which is rooted in our Leadership Principles, drives the innovation we deliver for customers each day," Stephenson said. "These changes streamline the process for managers and help to ensure greater consistency." 'High-judgment' decision Amazon's performance review policy has long been controversial. Some employees have cited concerns over limited oversight and the potential for misuse, with one former employee describing the system as " predatory and opaque." Some people have also criticized Amazon's cutthroat "stack-ranking" culture, in which a fixed percentage of the workforce is replaced every year. Amazon managers group their employees in five broad buckets of performance tiers: Top Tier (TT), Highly Valued 3 (HV3), Highly Valued 2 (HV2), Highly Valued 1 (HV1), and Least Effective (LE). Teams with more than 50 employees should categorize 20% as TT, 15% as HV3, 25% as HV2, 35% as HV1, and 5% as LE, the internal guideline said. Amazon seems to recognize the nuanced nature of performance evaluations. The internal guideline urges managers to dedicate sufficient time to reviewing each employee to ensure accurate assessments. "Evaluating employees is a high-judgment decision," the guideline said. "You should invest sufficient time in gathering comprehensive and objective feedback to ensure accuracy and minimize unconscious bias."
