All this terminology of rankings—forcing rankings along some distribution curve or whatever—we’re done with that. We’re going to evaluate you in your role, not vis à vis someone else who might work in Washington, who might work in Bangalore. It’s irrelevant. It should be about you.
— Accenture CEO Pierre Nanterme, speaking to The Washington Post about his company’s plan to abolish annual performance reviews (In big move, Accenture will get rid of annual performance reviews and rankings).