World of Warcraft Classic lead dev resigns to protest 'stack ranking'
Former Blizzard World of Warcraft co-lead dev Brian Birmingham took to Twitter this morning to confirm that when given a choice between stack ranking his employees – obeying a mandate to give a poor"developing" rank to an employee – or leaving the company, he decided to walk.
In a statement it provided to Bloomberg the company said the process was designed to facilitate"excellence in performance" and"ensure employees who don't meet performance expectations receive more honest feedback, differentiated compensation, and a plan on how best to improve their own performance." The developer's leaked email claimed he was forced to lower a worker he managed from the average"successful" rating to"developing" in order to hit the quota.
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