I don't think slackers are the problem. But the unappreciated high performers. The moment somebody gets a whiff you didn't reward one of your employees for the

I don't think slackers are the problem. But the unappreciated high performers. The moment somebody gets a whiff you didn't reward one of your employees for their work is the time your organization starts its decline (people talk). Frankly, I don't think you can avoid it as nobody can be really objective and tunnel vision is real. I just take it as a "nature's" way to move forward - blindspots of one company become strengths of another one, and due to past history, people would really compete against each other because of past perceived wrongdoings.