Managers and employees frequently jump to the conclusion that competencies should be weighted in deriving an overall evaluation. This is not the case since it would rarely be possible to develop an easy-to-use weighting algorithm that would apply across multiple positions. In addition, contrary to what managers typically think, weighted and unweighted ratings tend to result in the same rank order of employees. Weighting competencies adds significant administrative burden with no obvious changes in over- all results of the appraisal process.