Rank and yank
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Rank and yank has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Stuff You Should Know. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Josh ClarkCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Clark describes Skilling's policy of firing the bottom 10% of employees each year as Machiavellian and psychotic.
“It makes sense in a really Machiavellian kind of way, but it's also psychotic as well”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: How Enron Fooled the World (Jun 27, 2026) · Listen from 11:24
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- Stuff You Should Know · 1 episode
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Selects: How Enron Fooled the WorldStuff You Should Know · Jun 27, 2026 · 1 h
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount the rise and collapse of Enron, from deregulation and the California energy crisis to accounting fraud, bankruptcy and its aftermath.