There is an “extremely limited scope” for managers to be held individually responsible when disciplining federal employees' poor performance, OPM said.

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An ex-Amazon manager said leadership had to rate a certain number of employees as "least effective." He said he defended an employee who senior leaders placed in this category despite performing well.