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I really don't see a problem with this. It's not the "working on weekends" that's the issue, it's KPIs. If you promise something, deliver it. If you don't think
by tomp 8y ago
I really don't see a problem with this. It's not the "working on weekends" that's the issue, it's KPIs. If you promise something, deliver it. If you don't think you can, don't promise it!
- tnolet 8y agoIn an ideal world where all facts are known before hand, yes. In a fast moving startup with toxic management? Good luck.
- schneidmaster 8y agoThis assumes the KPIs were created and "promised" by those responsible for them rather than handed down from above. Which seems unlikely given everything else I've read about this company.
- staticelf 8y agoBut who is promising it? It's not like the individuals that work in the teams tasked to work on the weekends is the same individuals that promise these KPI-numbers? Even so, can you really claim that they are not pushed towards nearly impossible goals? It's very common to not reach a goal for a gazillion of reasons, forcing people to work weekends while you yourself get all the money from it is being an asshat.
- pjc50 8y agoKPIs are an ultimatum not a promise.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoWho gets to set their own KPIs? I've never known a company where this is the case.
- ddebernardy 8y agoThere's a breed of execs out there that go: "Bring [metric] [up|down] [X%] by next [quarter|year]" without the slightest notion of if/how it could get done. And a number of them don't take any variation of "we need to negotiate that" for an answer.
- leothecool 8y agoIf the CEO sets the KPI, and the KPI is not achieveable, does that mean he should fire himself for not meeting expectations? He failed at his job, after all.