...to dole out bonuses and raises to preferred employees.
It happens when your manager submits a HS and you only get a S from the big boss, b/c there's only so much money to be handed out at the bottom. Countless times management has spilled the beans that even though you were out-performing your peers...that there's only so many people who can get a HS, b/c there's only so much money JM-4 is willing to let the bottom 80% of the company get rewarded with. 'Got to work harder boys and girls'
One former robotic brand VP with his beatles glasses would repeatedly tell his team that not everyone can be HS or S. Some people have to get 'I's or Unsuccessfuls. This is during the most profitable last few years. Those at the top are so far removed from those actually doing the work...it's just a numbers game. We've got 10 dollars to spend...and 9 of them go to the 'leads' while the $1 dollar is split among those working their asses off.
Just keep dangling that carrot I say.... I asked several times what it would take to get a HS and when I finally got one (when I was doing the job of a band above me for 1.5 years) they told me that my bosses boss changed it to an S, but we graded you against that higher band above you. It was the biggest F- you I've ever received. There was no rhyme or reason...other than they have to keep the fat cats fat. You have to earn that next job by doing that job. Oh, okay. F- Face. Sounds like a way to not pay people what they are worth.
With some of the people not laid off...they are telling the truth. This had nothing to do with performance, b/c some of the worst performers are still there. I kinda laugh sometimes and smh when I think about it. It's what keeps my chin up actually. It wasn't personal. It was a numbers thing. MP, Good luck with those you decided to keep in some cases. Obviously...this is few and far between, b/c I know some great people there, but as a shareholder it concerns me the lack of thoughtfulness in this whole process.
MP is smokin that KB...since he didn't take time to do this properly and exit employees that were sh!tty for the business. It's all a numbers thing...so, in the end...they can rate people with an S. Tell them to work harder and give bonus to the fat cats. 'Not everyone can be successful'. more like... 'If I give them less...I can get more'. It's business. It capitalism. It's not fair, but it's life.
I think though...people are moving up the ranks after all these years and they are seeing how this is all going down and now 'in the know'...and I would imagine things may start to change or people will move on. Or maybe not...since they are getting paid...and there's pressure to keep that money rolling in.
CFE's as one person said...it only matters if they need to document sh!t on you to have you exit. HR doesn't give a f-. It's a tool to distract you from why you're not getting a bonus and decent raise.
Nike's MO for the longest time was just move the sh--tiest employees around to new positions. It seems like this is still the case...Just move them onto their next role. I can think of an younger black woman in retail brand NA who keeps getting promoted solely, b/c she is a POC. "Person of Color". She's awful at her job, hasn't done sh-- in years, but her boss another POC ...the head RB Lead in NA loooooooves her. Why? b/c she's a female 'person of color' (Nike's term not mine). It's a joke frankly. What can one say...other than...that's life and nike has designed it this way.
Or the MDP program...sure...after 1 year in 5 different jobs...you're totally qualified to run 2 businesses. I once applied to the MDP program and my boss told me that I would never get it, b/c I was 'white'. No joke. I was surprised...she came out and told me this. Don't get me wrong...I'm fully aware of institutionalized racism and white privilege, but as a shareholder... I don't give a f- what color the people who are doing the job. I want the sharpest, most hard working, tenacious person in the role.
I wanted to see the business do well...that's the bottom line.
p.s. how is the COO still there... Dude totally dropped the f-ing ball with that DC opening? ugh. makes me ill.
This post was elegantly lifted from @PgRlqD4 - not my content, just reposting it here as it hits the target. If you do not like it, dont b--ch, just do not read it...