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> between a Patagonia shirt and a plaque If I wanted a shirt, I'd buy a shirt. If the plaque truly reflected some effort done by the team that accomplished som
by rglullis 6y ago
> between a Patagonia shirt and a plaque
If I wanted a shirt, I'd buy a shirt. If the plaque truly reflected some effort done by the team that accomplished something big and deserved proper recognition, I get why people would prefer it. You can't buy respect.
Now, of course the cynical me will argue that the whole thing is a trick question and that no one of the alternatives are good - downright offensive actually.
- bigwavedave 6y agoI agree. It reminds me a bit of an episode of The Office, where the top salesman (Dwight) is explaining how he was Salesman of the Month 13 out of 12 months the previous year. In lieu of a pay rise, management had given him two plaques for the month of February.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoI remember reading a Harvard Business Review article which was literally "How to motivate your employees to work harder without paying them more." And it was full of this kind of nonsense - plaques, award ceremonies, teeny-tiny presents as bonuses, and so on. Cynicism and offence are perfectly reasonable and fair reactions.