SINGAPORE—TikTok is asking managers across the world to give more employees lower ratings in performance reviews, a move that staff fear could reduce bonuses and lead to layoffs, people familiar with the matter said. “Our procedures encourage individual leaders to use their judgment, and they have responsibility for their team’s performance distribution," he said. Managers at ByteDance have also been subject to similar demands to raise the number of lower ratings, the people said. TikTok managers must rate staff on a bell curve performance grading, in which an employee’s grade is evaluated based on the performance of the rest of the team. ByteDance has also asked managers at Lark, its Slack-like messaging platform division, to lower the ratings of their staff.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 30, 2023 11:53 UTC