Last winter two people in my team received EIA, both received detailed individual details on what they did.
This year two people in my team received EIA but this time, the comment they received was "great job team". All because they're not in same location as rest of the team.
So that's clearly a sign of managers playing favourites, purposely not choosing to highlight individual accomplishments.
In short, the associates who received EIA this year, would have mixed feelings about it as EIA comments go in towards year end review. So with nothing to show for, it's obvious how sick these things are.
Only Bangalore-ham or Chennai connection is what gets you recognized.