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I imagine it might also cause adverse effects if someone happens to be missed.
by c_s_guy 6y ago
I imagine it might also cause adverse effects if someone happens to be missed.
- ImaCake 6y agoI have personally experienced this. My otherwise really good manager had a monthly vote for the best worker in our small team where each vote was publicly announced. I, and another coworker, never got a vote while others got several. Really great way to make some of your workers feel really left out!
- symlinkk 6y agoIf they handed out the award to everyone it would be meaningless
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- eyelidlessness 6y agoOn the contrary: If you have a team member who no one sees fit to find praise for, it’s probably a bad fit. Praise doesn’t need to be superlative to be sincere. Not everyone has to be a “rockstar” to deserve positive validation.
- devilduck 6y agoAwards are already meaningless
- henry_bone 6y agoThe OP was talking about genuine, honest communication. I think these rituals in work teams have the correct idea. Their hearts are in the right place, so to speak, but it doesn't really work perfectly. As you've said some can feel left out. Others might just feel uncomfortable. The idea is good: share the love, highlight good work. But it probably better just to let people know more naturally.
- ImaCake 6y agoAbsolutely. My current workplace is very good at the organic thankyou. I try my best to show gratitude where I can.
- cutemonster 6y agoWhat could have caused you and the other one to not get any votes, at the previous workplace? I'm guessing it was not work performance or anything like that (The votes were publicly announced -- and also who had voted?)
- Natanael_L 6y agoIt can be something simple like having work with more visible impact
- mangamadaiyan 6y ago_Perceived_ impact, if I might add?
- ImaCake 6y agoMe and the other worker were much less willing to work free overtime. The company also had a really dishonest culture and I chafed under that system. I was a bad fit for the job really, so I could have just been what they perceived as bad.
- heneryville 6y agoThis is precisely why leaderboards suck. Instead of picking the single best contributor, do as the OP did and acknowledge all good contributors.