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There was also an episode of The Office (US) about this. Dwight suggests to Jim he starts an employee-of-the-month award, then rigs it so Jim wins so that every
by jkingsbery 6y ago
There was also an episode of The Office (US) about this. Dwight suggests to Jim he starts an employee-of-the-month award, then rigs it so Jim wins so that everyone turns on Jim. Jim at least had the good sense to decline the award.
- munk-a 6y agoWe can't really tell what is going on behind the curtain but my optimistic view is that no one in the room realized that receiving this award would have some terrible optics and that the awarders chose YouTube genuinely - if you have a narrow view of the content on there (and nobody sees everything) there are some segments where youtube does try to reinforce free speech sorta... maybe I'm being too charitable though. My cynical hope though is that Youtube pressured the award committee to give them one for hosting it - please someone in Youtube leak a memo about putting pressure on the committee it would be so absolutely delicious.
- benmmurphy 6y agoI thought this was the unwritten rule of how industry awards work. You sponsor them and then they give you an award. The people running the awards get money, and the people sponsoring them get something they can impress prospective clients with. Everyone wins!
- billh 6y agoAhh yes, the J.D. Power model of award giving.