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That's not even the only way it defeats the business goal: you're now intentionally paying people that you have no intention of getting a long-term return on, o
by macksd 5y ago
That's not even the only way it defeats the business goal: you're now intentionally paying people that you have no intention of getting a long-term return on, or that you know aren't worth what you're paying them.
To say nothing of the damage it artificially does to a person's self esteem and future career prospects with an obvious PIP-like tenure at Amazon on their resume.
- Spooky23 5y agoIt advances the business goal by preventing some bullshit HR process from disrupting the business.
- mypalmike 5y agoIt so strongly defeats the business goals that maybe the source of the reporting (the super high quality publication, Business Insider) might be full of it.
- macksd 5y agoMight be, indeed - but it's definitely not unusual or incredible for a large organization to have misaligned incentives, ignorant executives making some of them up, and then being reluctant to admit they weren't as good of an idea as they thought.