Facebook-parent Meta changes appraisal rules, and 20% of employees could be affected
[ad_1] Meta is instructing managers to rate significantly more employees as "below expectations" during upcoming midyear performance reviews, setting the stage for additional performance-based cuts just months after the company laid off nearly 4,000 workers labeled as low performers.According to an internal memo shared on Meta's employee forum May 14, as seen by Business Insider, managers overseeing teams of 150 or more must now place 15% to 20% of employees in the lowest performance tier, compared to 12% to 15% previously. The memo explicitly states that the midyear review process represents "an opportunity to make exit decisions," though it clarifies there will be no company-wide performance terminations like those conducted earlier this year.The expanded performance targets, according to the report, include employees who have already departed through what Meta calls "nonregrettable attrition" - staff considered noncritical who resigned or were […]
