© 2003 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Poll: September 9, 2003

Weekly Poll - Forced Rankings

• Analyzing 412 responses of 1800 emails sent, 1545 received (response rate = 26.7%).

• Fielded September 10 – 16, 2003; presentation generated on September 16, 2003.

• Margin of error is +/- 3.4%

© 2003 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Poll: September 9, 2003

Does your organization utilize forced ranking (e.g., a system whereby a specified percentage of those being evaluated must received the highest and lowest ratings) to evaluate employees?

1.5% 4.1% 4.4%

85.9%

4.1%

Yes, and someemployees are

dismissed...

Yes, andemployees mayor may not be ...

Yes, but noemployees aredismissed b...

No, we do notuse forced

ranking in o...

No, we do notconduct

performanceeva...

© 2003 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Poll: September 9, 2003

Does your organization utilize forced ranking (e.g., a system whereby a specified percentage of those being evaluated must received the highest and lowest ratings) to evaluate employees?

Choice Count Percentage

Answered

Yes, and some employees are dismissed based on the results

6 1.5%

Yes, and employees may or may not be dismissed based on the results

17 4.1%

Yes, but no employees are dismissed based on the results

18 4.4%

No, we do not use forced ranking in our performance evaluations

354 85.9%

No, we do not conduct performance evaluations

17 4.1%