Now Microsoft is giving low performers the option to accept a payout and leave the company rather than being placed on a performance improvement plan (PIP), according to a new Business Insider report.

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 ...

Stefan Mai, the Meta manager in question, explained his woes on a recent Peterman Pod podcast, which focuses on software engineering stories, Business Insider reports. Mai cofounded a small tech ...

Google has ended "support check-ins" for underperforming employees after backlash from staff.

There's a good chance that the laid-off employees aren't "low performers" at all. A new trend has recently emerged in corporate America. Employees are being laid off, which is nothing new in and of ...

The news outlet cited an internal company email sent to managers by the new “Chief People Officer” Amy Coleman. In the email, Coleman described the new performance management tools the company will ...

(KRON) — Meta is again reportedly targeting “low performers,” raising possible concerns of layoffs following performance-based job cuts earlier this year. A report from Business Insider cites an ...

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 ...

The tech industry is often cautious about tying layoffs to performance, even if it might play a role in who gets dismissed during widespread job cuts. But this year has signaled a noticeable shift in ...