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GM Adopted Forced Ranking in 2024. Ford Dropped It in 2001.

Phoebe Wall Howard reported recently that a fired GM engineer is suing the company over its employee evaluation system.

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Phoebe Wall Howard reported recently that a fired GM engineer is suing the company over its employee evaluation system.

He is the third GM employee represented by attorney Michael Pitt to allege that GM's forced ranking system (as they describe it) requires managers to hit job-elimination quotas that fall hardest […] The...

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Phoebe Wall Howard reported recently that a fired GM engineer is suing the company over its employee evaluation system. He is the third GM employee represented by attorney Michael Pitt to allege that GM's forced ranking system (as they describe it) requires managers to hit job-elimination quotas that fall hardest […] The post GM Adopted Forced Ranking in 2024. by Mark Graban appeared first at Lean Blog by Mark Graban.

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He is the third GM employee represented by attorney Michael Pitt to allege that GM's forced ranking system (as they describe it) requires managers to hit job-elimination quotas that fall hardest […] The post GM Adopted Forced Ranking in 2024. by Mark Graban appeared first at Lean Blog by Mark Graban.

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