Managers are no longer allowed to rate their direct reports based in Germany, and it appears this is a permanent decision. Let’s see if Seattle weighs in.
Managers are no longer allowed to rate their direct reports based in Germany, and it appears this is a permanent decision. Let’s see if Seattle weighs in.
The entire idea of measuring worker performance is not only dehumanizing but is particularly flawed when it comes to knowledge work.
It's like trying to determine the faster car by racing through rush hour traffic. Or ignoring the fact that each car is on a different incline.
Knowing the right people and being in the right place at the right time can often make or break one's career.
Yet we are to incorporate these factors that are for the most part not in our control as a measurement of our own "performance". The unlucky get insult added to injury. The lucky get a dose of ego or fear (depending on their level of self-awareness).
It seems like corporate gaslighting to me.
This makes it hard to impossible to get reliable, or even fair results. Especially when the review is subjective and is lacking an objective metric as a base.
But is taking it to the opposite extreme (no reviews, no ratings, no measurement) - a good longterm solution?
What does that mean really? That everybody are equally good at their job, nobody deserves to be fired or promoted?
I don't know that. But I do know, for example, that german cars are not a pinnacle of engineering or reliability anymore (for many years now).
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EDIT: typos.