It doesn't matter what was defined as "low performer" or "meets expectation". HR demanded the IPF scale fall out on a bell curve centered at 1.0. Once it was determined that Shell needed to cut 30%, they are going to cut the bottom 30% of the bell curve no matter what was said at yearly reviews. The brutal part is next year for anyone that remains, the IPF bell curve will now be readjusted with the remaining "high performers". 30% of them will now fall below a .85 IPF and will be the next 30% cut if oil prices stay low. This will lead to fundamental shift in Shell culture. It will now be a super competitive culture that rewards back stabbing and knowledge hoarding which I don't think will be a good thing for a company that likes to specialize in mega projects.
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I should add I was a JG5
I can tell you my IPF was 1.3 and I still got made redundant. That had no bearing at all. In my job level we all got cut good, bad or otherwise.
I believe that bell curve was different for each job grade. From other comments posted here it looks like JG5 were held to higher standards. They needed to make more cuts there apparently.