Practices that the most successful companies like Alphabet, Boston Consulting Group, Edward Jones, Deloitte, Facebook, Genentech, Intuit, and Salesforce.com use to hire the best people they can find do not include Practices that the most successful companies like Alphabet, Boston Consulting Group, Edward Jones, Deloitte, Facebook, Genentech, Intuit, and Salesforce.com use to hire the best people they can find do not include weeding out the 20 percent lowest-performing employees each year. coaching average performers to improve their skills and capabilities. striving to retain talented, high-performing employees via promotions, salary increases, and other perks. rotating people through jobs that span functional and geographic boundaries. careful screening and evaluation of job applicants