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I think his second assumption that people know who the high performers are is wrong. Often, recognizing competence requires a great deal of competence. Also, I
by zasz 18y ago
I think his second assumption that people know who the high performers are is wrong. Often, recognizing competence requires a great deal of competence.
Also, I think d0mine's right that kinder people who are easy to work with but not necessarily great performers will get lots of points.
- alex_c 18y agoWell, being easy to work with is in itself a valuable trait in a co-worker.
- zasz 18y agoBy "easy to work with" I mean qualities such as being amiable, outgoing, funny, or good-looking. Those are valuable traits, but pointing out who's the nicest guy in the room's not the problem here, and it's not even a difficult problem to solve. Everyone always knows who the popular people are.
- alex_c 18y agoRight, but the proposed solution wouldn't involve asking people which of their co-workers they like, it would be based on hopefully meaningful work-related interactions (emails). Obviously, the model breaks down if people give the thumbs up to forwarded joke emails or to mass "oh crap my review is coming up, can you give me a thumbs up" emails.