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Low Performer Percentage
Percentage of employees rated as low performers
How it’s computed
COUNT(rating <= 2) / COUNT(all)
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
What this metric can show you
Low Performer Percentage can tell roughly 23 pre-built stories — each a designed scene the data either confirms or it doesn’t. Bring your numbers and the Story Finder runs every one of these shapes against them.
specific to performance & development
It's two companies, split by manager
leadership-quality · T1
Most are fine — a tail is struggling
engagement · T1
The system isn't differentiating
measurement-health · T1
You've quietly stopped promoting from within
development-mobility · T1
Your ratings are compressing
performance · T1
universal shapes — any single metric can take these
A few large values are doing the talking
any focus · T1
A one-time event, not a trend
any focus · T1
It doesn't track — the premise is false
any focus · T1
It's concentrated — one group stands apart
any focus · T1
Scenes are pre-built; your data is the toggle. Browse the full deck or watch one play end-to-end in The Quiet Exodus.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
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— People Analytics Text Mining with Rmatch 54%
“In other words, business/work units with high employee engagement nearly double their odds of above-average composite performance in their own organizations and increase their odds for above-average success across business/work units in all organizations by 2.1 times. [image…”
— First Break All the Rulesmatch 53%
“In compensation decision-making, the data on which action will be taken should be the referenced item and, as such, should be in the denominator of the calculation. That way, the percent difference will be expressed in terms of the reference. For example, market adjustment is…”
— Worldatwork Handbook Compensationmatch 51%
Resources: People Analytics Text Mining with R · First Break All the Rules · Worldatwork Handbook Compensation