Poll of the Day > So apparently my job is grading on the curve.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I've been watching my production reports for months now, and they've been negative almost every week. So I went into my annual review fully expecting to get my ass chewed out. My boss sat me down, and we went over my numbers. I was under target numbers for 7 out the 9 categories, but because I was above the group average in all of them I was all good, and I ended up walking out of it with a promotion. I can't say I even felt relived afterwards, just because I was so damn confused. I've been ripping my hair out all year over these numbers just to find out they didn't really matter. Do other company do this?
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haven't heard of that in a workplace. grading on a curve is really stupid though
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Are the target numbers that much out of touch with reality, or do your coworkers really suck that bad?

Yeah it's a common thing, especially if you're working with a market constantly in flux.

Congrats on the promotion. did it come with a raise?
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Not where I work at. My goals ate completely independent to other project managers.
It does sound nice tho.
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