> You should really ask the people paying their salary whether the job is useful or not since they are the ones paying for it. I'm not sure that would be effec

> You should really ask the people paying their salary whether the job is useful or not since they are the ones paying for it. I'm not sure that would be effective either. It would be a rare manager/exec who would admit (probably even to themselves) that they were wasting money paying for unneeded employees. I think the outside, objective measurements that you mention -- though they have their own limitations -- are as good as it gets.