Originally Posted by Unregistered

You are lucky to be in the right department for your needs. C grade is not default, but the average. People do get below the C grade and if you do for a number of times, you get blacklisted by HR. It may not mean much if you are just there to cruise your way to retirement, but there are instances where people get counselled out for not performing - it has happened quite a few times before, including a certain SS dir mentioned earlier in this thread.