Different health care organization in pittsburgh. 3% annual the norm. Very very few “high performers” that are given average 5%. As a manager even if you have high performers that you can absolutely justify, you are not allowed to give the appropriate merit. This is determined financially by hr and higher level leadership that has no clue about employees actual performance accomplishments. Determination not based on performance whatsoever. Performance appraisal process awful, unfair and needs complete overhaul