Is Amazon about to scrap 'Hunger Games'-style staff review?

The employee review process is an integral part of HR’s mantle, yet more and more often we are hearing of how the process itself needs a revitalising overhaul.  

Global retailer Amazon could be the next major company to restructure their employee review system. According to Business Insider, Amazon’s previous “Hunger Games”-style review system, whereby managers ranked employees against each other, could be changing.

A spokesperson from Amazon told Geekwire’s Taylor Soper and Todd Bishop that it planned to “overhaul the worst part of the review process” –Business Insider reports – though no more details were offered.

A further spokesperson from Amazon confirmed the change, saying: “We're launching a new annual review process next year that is radically simplified and focuses on our employees' strengths, not the absence of weaknesses.