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Yeah, it's clear to me what the disincentive is. On the other hand, maybe call their bluff. If you're the manager willing to go to bat for your team and take a stand against insane performance measurement systems, there's a decent chance they don't want to lose you anyways.

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My read is that with the situation Yahoo is in now, that's exactly the type of manager they want to let go. From their perspective, those are the managers who don't listen to the directions they're getting from executive management.

It's hard to turn around a company if you tell people to do something and nobody does it.

You would be surprised. Some big companies are so broken that these processes are like a steamroller. If you're in management at one of these places, do not assume that because you are valuable and in a profit center you will be able to buck the trend. Better to just start looking for other opportunities now.

Large companies that use forced ranking: you will reap the fruits of your broken process after a few years.

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