+-------------+---------+
| Column Name | Type    |
+-------------+---------+
| employee_id | int     |
| name        | varchar |
+-------------+---------+
employee_id is the unique identifier for this table.
Each row contains information about an employee.

+-------------+------+
| Column Name | Type |
+-------------+------+
| review_id   | int  |
| employee_id | int  |
| review_date | date |
| rating      | int  |
+-------------+------+
review_id is the unique identifier for this table.
Each row represents a performance review for an employee. The rating is on a scale of 1-5 where 5 is excellent and 1 is poor.

Input:

employees table:

+-------------+----------------+
| employee_id | name           |
+-------------+----------------+
| 1           | Alice Johnson  |
| 2           | Bob Smith      |
| 3           | Carol Davis    |
| 4           | David Wilson   |
| 5           | Emma Brown     |
+-------------+----------------+

performance_reviews table:

+-----------+-------------+-------------+--------+
| review_id | employee_id | review_date | rating |
+-----------+-------------+-------------+--------+
| 1         | 1           | 2023-01-15  | 2      |
| 2         | 1           | 2023-04-15  | 3      |
| 3         | 1           | 2023-07-15  | 4      |
| 4         | 1           | 2023-10-15  | 5      |
| 5         | 2           | 2023-02-01  | 3      |
| 6         | 2           | 2023-05-01  | 2      |
| 7         | 2           | 2023-08-01  | 4      |
| 8         | 2           | 2023-11-01  | 5      |
| 9         | 3           | 2023-03-10  | 1      |
| 10        | 3           | 2023-06-10  | 2      |
| 11        | 3           | 2023-09-10  | 3      |
| 12        | 3           | 2023-12-10  | 4      |
| 13        | 4           | 2023-01-20  | 4      |
| 14        | 4           | 2023-04-20  | 4      |
| 15        | 4           | 2023-07-20  | 4      |
| 16        | 5           | 2023-02-15  | 3      |
| 17        | 5           | 2023-05-15  | 2      |
+-----------+-------------+-------------+--------+

Output:

+-------------+----------------+-------------------+
| employee_id | name           | improvement_score |
+-------------+----------------+-------------------+
| 2           | Bob Smith      | 3                 |
| 1           | Alice Johnson  | 2                 |
| 3           | Carol Davis    | 2                 |
+-------------+----------------+-------------------+

Explanation:

• Alice Johnson (employee_id = 1):
  • Has 4 reviews with ratings: 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Last 3 reviews (by date): 2023-04-15 (3), 2023-07-15 (4), 2023-10-15 (5)
  • Ratings are strictly increasing: 3 → 4 → 5
  • Improvement score: 5 - 3 = 2
• Carol Davis (employee_id = 3):
  • Has 4 reviews with ratings: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Last 3 reviews (by date): 2023-06-10 (2), 2023-09-10 (3), 2023-12-10 (4)
  • Ratings are strictly increasing: 2 → 3 → 4
  • Improvement score: 4 - 2 = 2
• Bob Smith (employee_id = 2):
  • Has 4 reviews with ratings: 3, 2, 4, 5
  • Last 3 reviews (by date): 2023-05-01 (2), 2023-08-01 (4), 2023-11-01 (5)
  • Ratings are strictly increasing: 2 → 4 → 5
  • Improvement score: 5 - 2 = 3
• Employees not included:
  • David Wilson (employee_id = 4): Last 3 reviews are all 4 (no improvement)
  • Emma Brown (employee_id = 5): Only has 2 reviews (needs at least 3)

The output table is ordered by improvement_score in descending order, then by name in ascending order.