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We are a remote team, so metrics are very important for judging performance. Some of the most important metrics are: time online (huge one), PRs opened, PRs rev
by tboyd47 9y ago
We are a remote team, so metrics are very important for judging performance. Some of the most important metrics are: time online (huge one), PRs opened, PRs reviewed. There is a formal review process to give employees time to improve performance before an action is taken.
I find that even with all these formalities, actions tend to be totally up to the subjective judgment of management, just like any other company. Companies are not legally bound to abide by the rules of their own HR department -- HR is mainly there to provide an illusion of objectivity. In a conflict between leadership and rank-and-file workers, HR will always side with leadership. "Whose food I eat, his song I sing."
- rorykoehler 9y agoWhy is time online big (assuming more means better)? I do remote too and I would never consider that to be important as long as the work gets done.
- tboyd47 9y agoIf you're employed full-time, the expectation is that you're giving your employer roughly 40 hours a week. Nobody can code continuously for 8 hours a day and be productive, but just being available is the bare minimum you can do to be considered "working." I've never heard anyone get cool points at our company for being online more than 8 hours a day, but being online less than that (without reason) is definitely frowned upon.
- sidlls 9y agoI don't see the point: it seems like the company you're at is more or less putting the infrastructure cost (rent, internet) on its employees and otherwise treating them as though they ought to be working as if on-premises in a "butts in the seat" style.
- subway 9y agoSeems like a great way to motivate employees to keep slack open while remaining totally unengaged...
- giobox 9y agoMy pet hate is folks working from home who can't be contacted in a timely manner during the working day. I've personally no issue with remote working, but if my colleagues do it, I expect to be able to reach them as easily as I might if I could just walk to their desk in the office.
- rorykoehler 9y agoDepends on their role and what phase of the project you're in. Ideally remote work should be organised to be completely asynchronous which require good planning.
- porter 9y agoHow do you measure time online?
- tboyd47 9y agoWe use Slack
- softawre 9y agoSo write a bot to stay online all day? lol
- czep 9y agoHow do you use Slack to document online status? Does someone maintain a record of status timestamps? That sounds terribly degrading not to mention a bureaucratic nightmare. And it's very easily gamed. But most importantly, you should challenge the notion that time online is a good performance metric.
- tboyd47 9y agoIf terribly degrading bureaucratic nightmares are a deal breaker for you, I'd stay away from large corporations in general.
- nullundefined 9y agoWrite a bot to send a random /giphy to #general every 1-2 hours, you'll fit right in.
- dasmoth 9y agoThe flip-side seems to be that if you close Slack for a few hours of focussed work on something tricky, that's counted the same as spending the afternoon at the beach. Sure, communication is important, but there are relatively few things that can't wait half a day (and for those, there are alternative channels if you're not on Slack)
- throwaway413 9y ago