> Normally, management, your peers, or the company as a whole are aware of your performance. They should be doing a lot of this for you, in my opinion.

In company's with forced attrition rates, it becomes a hell of a popularity contest.

When Kevin Turner (former Wal-Mart exec) headed CSS (Customer Services and Support) at M$FT, it was a shit show and a half - creating something like a mandatory 5% attrition rate per year.

Nothing boosts morale better than people vying to NOT be the person let go that year. /s