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Google Shakes up Employee Pay to Incentivize Higher Performance


Google announced compensation changes focused on rewarding top performers, as Big Tech shifts toward driving higher employee productivity.

In an email to staff with the subject line "Strengthening our performance culture," John Casey, Google's vice president of global compensation and benefits, said managers would be able to allocate the "Outstanding Impact" score to more employees than previously. "This means more Googlers will have the opportunity to achieve that rating during annual reviews, and their bonus and equity award will be modeled using the O's individual multiplier in 2026," he wrote in the email, which was seen by Business Insider. High performance is more important than ever to achieve the goals we've set, and so we're making some changes to further reward top contributors, in all teams across the company.First, we'll increase the ratings distribution guidance we give to leaders for Outstanding Impact (O).

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