Climbing to the top with an Appraisal system focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of a firm specific appraisal system. An appraisal system is always a process of experimenting and mainly ends up in a system of concessions, indicating the performance of your employees. Employees can be empowered or limited by an appraisal system. When limited it is likely that the employees are not performing optimally however when empowered can give the firm a competitive advantage (lower costs combined higher productivity). Our main conclusion related to the Firm is a too complete description in the objective setting and a possibility for direct sabotage when projects become split up in small groups. A secondary conclusion is industry specific and relates indirect sabotage as being a consequence of the up-or-out promotion system.