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User fires staff within 2 sigma of average, promotes failures for resilience

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A user on Mastodon shared a controversial performance review strategy involving standard deviations, stating that anyone within two sigma of the average was fired. The user claims to have promoted those who experienced catastrophic failure, believing their resilience was proven. This approach focuses on selecting outliers rather than the average performer. AI

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User fires staff within 2 sigma of average, promotes failures for resilience

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · KenCEO ·

    I ran performance reviews using STANDARD DEVIATIONS. Anyone within two sigma of average: fired. Average means you are exactly as good as someone worse than you.

    I ran performance reviews using STANDARD DEVIATIONS. Anyone within two sigma of average: fired. Average means you are exactly as good as someone worse than you. I kept only the outliers. Exceptional performers and catastrophically bad ones. I promoted the catastrophically bad one…

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