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> “No one in the organisation will be able to use productivity score to access data about how an individual user is using apps and services in Microsoft 365.”
by ogre_codes 6y ago
> “No one in the organisation will be able to use productivity score to access data about how an individual user is using apps and services in Microsoft 365.”
Seems like the number of jobs where your effectiveness can be measured by how much time you spend in Microsoft 365 is fairly small. The number where there isn't a better metric available is likely even smaller. If you are a transcriptionist, output is nicely metered—many get paid by the word. Even most admin assistants have so much phone work and other jobs where time in O365 is only a fraction of their job.
I think this is mostly a big todo about nothing. Any manager who uses something as basic as this as a metric is almost certainly worthless regardless.
- skohan 6y agoI think people's apprehension over this kind of metric is entirely justified. As you say, it's not a good measure of almost anything. But that doesn't mean an employer can't treat it as a valid metric, and use it as a justification to remove or punish employees they don't like.
- ogre_codes 6y agoIt's good that Microsoft is removing this, but I'm skeptical it will make any difference in the end. Absent this, a shitty boss is going to use some other, equally pointless metric.
- skohan 6y agoSure, but that's like saying I shouldn't get a Polio vaccine because I might get hit by a car and injure my spine.
- ogre_codes 6y agoMore like saying "You should get that polio vaccine... but you are still going to get hit by a car." Ultimately, if you have a bad boss, they are going to find some shitty way to screw you over. If you have a good boss, this is irrelevant. I do think it's good that Microsoft pulled this, I'm just cynical it will make a difference.