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Easy: - some of those senior employees are senior for a good reason, and they could do a ton of damage if you piss them off and they go to a competitor - some o
by melted 11y ago
Easy:
- some of those senior employees are senior for a good reason, and they could do a ton of damage if you piss them off and they go to a competitor
- some of the stuff they fool around with may end up being useful elsewhere, which it did, in some cases
- and in the unlikely event that a usable product is produced, the company wins as well
It's a win-win-win, no matter how you slice it.
- snaky 11y agoSo they "may end up being useful" to degree "could do a ton of damage if they go to a competitor". That's not very similar to "produce no output" as you said before. And what is the reason why they could only "impede progress" here and "being useful" there?
- melted 11y agoVery senior people are best used sparingly. Put too many of them on a real project and pit them against each other (as the old MSFT performance review process tended to do), and they start beating their chest and trying to backstab the other people they're competing with. OTOH if you put them in research and tell them how super important their project is and how it's advancing the state of the art and stuff, and you might get a few years of reprieve.