GE Scraps Employee Rating Scale as It Rethinks Annual Reviews
- Industrial giant’s five-point system was widely imitated
- Change follows pilot program involving 30,000 workers
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General Electric Co. is getting rid of its much-imitated employee rating system as the manufacturing giant overhauls performance reviews in favor of more-flexible options.
The decision to scrap the five-point scale follows a pilot program involving 30,000 workers, Susan Peters, GE’s senior vice president of human resources, said in a message to employees Tuesday.