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Microsoft's Stack Ranking system was abandoned in 2013 due to its negative impact on the work environment and performance, and was replaced with a focus on teamwork, collaboration, positive sum dynamics, and subtle productivity methods.
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- The Shitty Stack System was a disastrous employee evaluation system implemented by Microsoft in the early 2000s.
- The system relied on a ranking system that led to fear, sabotage, and a toxic work environment.
- The Stack Ranking system was later credited as one of the driving factors for Microsoft's stalling performance during that time.
- Microsoft eventually abandoned the system and adopted a new approach based on teamwork, collaboration, and personal development.
- Positive sum dynamics require a more subtle and complex skillset than coercion through threats.
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"The Shitty Stack System" criticizes Microsoft's failed employee evaluation system, highlighting the negative effects of fear on collaboration and morale. Reader comments express dissatisfaction and praise for the article.
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The Shitty Stack System is an article discussing Microsoft's failed employee evaluation system called Stack Ranking. The author criticizes the use of fear as a motivator and highlights the negative effects it has on collaboration and employee morale. They argue that positive sum dynamics
The excerpted text includes comments and replies from readers of the article "The Shitty Stack System" on the Trying Truly website. One reader expresses their dissatisfaction with the first sentence of the article, while another reader praises the article and makes connections to Peter