NEW PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS AT MICROSOFT In the men of April 2011 Microsoft and a change to performance review for 89.000 employees and compensation system that is uined in pes, to be clear link between performance and compensation. The new system echoes the eld performance system Mint uled for ranking employees before 2006 The previous performance iw system, established in 2006, videl apoyees into the percentile groupe: 21,70 or 10. Employee is the top 25 persent were comidenedotining those in the 70 percent group were considered "wrong and worties in the 10 percent group were considered imited or low perfomers. The system ford grade workers hised on a come. A sepante tres termenking ditermined the employee's sacs The 2006 yitem replaced called the Commitment Ratingsiderille ranging from 25 te S. That scale se limited how many ceploymt med hented by manager my love, because the amber of employees who could active a top scom was fixed. Raines and buses were did to the rings The new titing resten aigs each employee lid of 15. Each od last compensation level sind so, which employees can check od now we tenternal Menu home sources website. Performante sevis lave et yestepistetuis yee, however, esployees will not know what kind of these they will move this year Microsot Chief Executive Steve Ballmer wrote in an email al copies Thursday: These ratings will be based on the resuls you complished during the review period fened against your commitments how you accomplished them, and your proves capability. Rating will be iple 1:5 system with relative performance being assessed as ciemn pe group Llimately, the effectivenen is naging the performance of the separation in the hands of leadership. The type of sating or renting system that is very interest ut beld setuntable for pai seting, sapoing coaching and developent, med providing helpt performance evaluations de regular his 1. What is the old method of Performance Appraisal system in Microsoft? 2. What is the new method in Microsoft? 3. Whether Steve Ballmer did a right thing regarding Performance appraisal related mail