1. Stack Ranking Was Ruining Microsoft
The last fact on our list of 6 facts about stack ranking: methodology and examples refers to one of the biggest companies in the world. Microsoft was the most valuable company in the world with a market capitalization of $510 billion in December 2000 according to Vanity Fair but managed to cut this number this down by half in until June. How? Microsoft was no longer dominating the tech world due to stack ranking which led the staff to fight against each other instead of fighting for the common goal. In 2013, Microsoft announced that it is dropping this controversial practice.
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