Are you using a skills matrix in your organization?

I remember being listed on one of these matrix things. I had a look one day and found someone with poor spreadsheet-fu had moved my details one row and column down. Now I magically had skills I'd never heard of and they were all obsolete buzzwords.

It's a pity I was shown this several months after I'd been let go for "poor fit".

I've always wondered what happened to the poor guy who had been assumed to have my skill set and had to live up to it. Probably got canned later for "not delivering to expectations".

I'm sure these are a good tool in the right hands, much like chainsaws. But I still have suspicions on how they are used.