Sometime back I was reading an article on Accenture’s new appraisal
system where they have done away with the age old bell curve mechanism of
normalizing the appraisal process and grading their employees. Ever since, I couldn’t
somehow fathom how and on what basis they would be rating an employee without bench-marking
him against somebody else. My simple query was how would the company sustain
its profitability and margins if they went on to actually rate all its
employees on his merits, what if everyone actually does well some fine year. A
very unrealistic scenario may be, but beyond a point can you actually function
without being relative?
Relativity per say is a bitter/sweet reality that determines the
course of every aspect of our lives today. It would be unfair to categorize it as
good or bad in truest sense but it can act in our favour in some scenarios and against
as well otherwise.
So if you are a Virat Kohli you won’t be just judged by the no. of
runs, centuries and wins you clock for your team but fortunately or
unfortunately you would be rated, pitched and compared against what some Sachin
Tendulkar did by that time in his career. That’s relativity for you.
If you are some Narendra Modi you won’t be just judged by the goods
that you would have done for the country but rather interestingly, you would also
be evaluated by how badly you have fared vis-à-vis your predecessors on those unthought-of
parameters which you would have considered inconsequential on the priority
pedestal. That’s again relativity.
If you are a Ranbir Kapoor your star power is measured by the no. of
multi crore blockbusters you have given vis-à-vis the mighty Khans of the
industry. And if you are some Rajkumar Rao your acting prowess is measured by
the no. of national awards or critics awards you have won in comparison to the
Irfan Khans and Naseeruddin Shahs of the worlds. Voila, relativity!
Accenture or Lovely University, if you are an employee you would be
rated and evaluated for what your peers have done better over you, rather than
what good you would have done in general or even over them. That again
interestingly is the resultant of the relativity in today’s realm of things.
And despite all your mental prowess and acumen if you could still
manage to be a boyfriend or a husband your true worth is determined by how well
you fare against the other boyfriends and husbands in your community. Needless
to say you could never fare better, thanks to the unique form of relativity
that operates in such scenarios J.
So Mahatma Gandhi is still considered to be an all-time great national leader because the likes of
Sonias and Rahuls do exist. Tendulkar is considered to be among the best
batsman of his era because he was a shade brighter in his skill in comparison
to the likes of Ponting, Lara and Kallis.
Aamir Khan happens to be one of the most successful actors of our times because
the likes of Fardeen Khan, Tushar Kapoor and Aftab Shivdasani also exist. And
so on. In a nutshell, it has always been a relative world, people are good, not
so good or bad only because of the relatively that comes into play every single
time irrespective of the trade you are a part of. No wonder relativity has and
will always determine on how we fare in our lives and you don't need some Einstein to prove you that.
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