Microsoft is adding policies meant to enhance performance management and address low performers. The tech industry is shifting toward more rigorous performance expectations and less coddling.

Microsoft's Chief People Officer Amy Coleman unveiled strict new performance management policies in an internal email to managers, emphasizing that the initiative extends beyond corporate success to ...

In brief: Microsoft is cracking down on those employees it considers to be low performers. The Redmond company has laid out new policies and tools in an internal email to managers, which include a ban ...

Low-performer quotas can lead to some "mea culpa" moments for managers — especially if a manager has been telling their team they're all aces, says startup founder Stefan Mai. Mai, who cofounded Hello ...

For America's managers, 2025 is shaping up to be the Year of the Low Performer. "They're trying to create more accountability," says Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist and professor of ...

Stefan Mai, a former manager at Meta and Amazon, said low-performer quotas can lead to awkward moments in reviews. On "The Peterman Pod," he said assigning low-performer status after praising ...

Low-performer quotas can lead to some "mea culpa" moments for managers — especially if a manager has been telling their team they're all aces, says startup founder Stefan Mai. Low-performer quotas ...