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>yesterdays 'peak' is tomorrows cut-off Obviously such a rule could not be applied for more than a few days. Humans have physiological limits no matter how har
by scythe 10y ago
>yesterdays 'peak' is tomorrows cut-off
Obviously such a rule could not be applied for more than a few days. Humans have physiological limits no matter how hard you twist the psychological ones!
I am guessing it is somewhere in between. What may have started as a clever manager's way to motivate employees became another bureaucratic hoop for people to jump through.
- jacquesm 10y agoIt's not that much different from 'up or out'. There are always new entrants waiting to take over your job.
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- krapp 10y ago> Humans have physiological limits no matter how hard you twist the psychological ones! People will push themselves to the brink of death (and beyond, sometimes) when given a choice between meeting a quota and not having a job. The quota can be unreasonable, as long as the company is constantly firing poor performers and training new people. The gamification is serious business. Any button the company can push, any knob they can twist, any game they can get you to play to get you to work faster, and shave another second off your time, they will push and twist and play.
- scythe 10y agoI was questioning the seriousness of his comment. It is literally impossible to implement the system he described. You will never find talented enough people after, say, six days, regardless of who you hire. I am not claiming that working people to the bone does not happen at all.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y agoEven if the contrived example above is impossible that hasnt stopped people from doing it.... As I stated above, punishing workers/slaves who didnt meet the quota meant less rations, cutting off hands, etc..which of course made it harder to reach the quota. The Congo Free State is an example of thia