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this is very interesting to see the discussion and suggestions here all leaning the same way "does he get his work done?" being the most important bit of inform
by jheriko 9y ago
this is very interesting to see the discussion and suggestions here all leaning the same way "does he get his work done?" being the most important bit of information required to make the decision in a almost all of the responses.
i've always suspected that over-delivering and working hard grants some leeway - that results are king, even compared to politics - whether its working on side projects on work time or equipment, turning up to work still intoxicated from last night, sneaking off for a quick spliff at lunch time etc.
its interesting to see this at least partially confirmed.
- Normal_gaussian 9y agoBear in mind most of these replies are from employees, not employers. There can be a lot of wishful thinking here.
- zzalpha 9y agoIt'll also vary greatly, even within a single company. How I manage my guys probably varies a lot from some of my peers.
- pythonaut_16 9y agoThe main concern of the question is the side projects, not whether the employee is performing adequately. This two questions are inherently tied together. If the employee wasn't performing then they would be fired regardless of the side projects. So in order for the side projects to be a concern, it implies the employee is still performing their job at normal levels. So then the question becomes, why does the engineer have time and motivation to work on the side projects? And ultimately I think, the answer to that question is that there's some failure on the part of company leadership, as other commenters have pointed out, regarding motivation, available work, and how over accomplishing is valued.