Debate: Is Blizzard Stack Ranking Evil?

OUTLINE:

0:00 Bloomberg article on stack ranking at Blizzard

1:01 Introduct to speakers: Matthew Kanterman, Drew Levin, and Brett Nowak

1:48 High level thoughts on stack ranking as a practice

5:33 Stack ranking poll results - Majority are against

7:30 JK hypothetical situations to use stack ranking

25:40 Character vs. cruelty in stack ranking during recruiting

36:30 Management rationale behind stack ranking

39:27 Should the Blizzard manager have been fired?

47:10 Stack ranking ties to capability of management layer

50:45 Stack ranking for performance evaluation

1:07:10 Why employees should get close to company value creation to avoid layoffs

1:08:40 JK's crazy stack ranking performance evaluation idea - investing virtual $ in co-workers

1:26:40 Final thoughts on getting canceled

👇 EPISODE LINKS:

- Matthew's reference to The Office Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wqQXu13tLA

- Matthew Kanterman, Director of Research at Roundhill Investments: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-kanterman-cfa-b6345133/

- Drew Levin, Director of Product at Riot Games: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-levin-7a225626/

- Brett Nowak, CEO at Liquid & Grit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-nowak-8920675/

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