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in my experience this is because larger organisations have incentive structures that counter act each other at different levels, usually related to budgetary co
by MaxPengwing 4y ago
in my experience this is because larger organisations have incentive structures that counter act each other at different levels, usually related to budgetary constraints and... getting the credit for doing something good.
I spoke with a friend who has done the manager track and every time he rises up one step on the ladder he's befuddled on what he's actually measured on in forms of metrics. Moving from Moderation to QA was at least somewhat related, but then going in to TL he found that his teams performance has NOTHING to do with how he's evaluated. it has more to do with what extra projects he has taken on that gives him and his department more visibility and credit in the company.
I know people dislike Jordan Peterson, but he does touch on this briefly in one lecture on performance prediction from 2017 (When he was still teaching) https://youtu.be/Q7GKmznaqsQ?t=1296 https://youtu.be/Q7GKmznaqsQ?t=1296
David Gerber did a more in depth anthropological investigation of bullshit jobs and found that there are 5 types https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kehnIQ41y2o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kehnIQ41y2o
Most of us might find ourselves in that. Im in IT Support and 95 times of a 100 I just read the help document that is published on our website out loud to customers.... and Im in a very large B2B SaaS Tech Support...
- mettamage 4y agoNot all of us do. JP is one of my designated YouTubers to break my filter bubble. I can tell he is making the effort for a good faith discussion. I even agree with him on a thing or two.
- MaxPengwing 4y agoAgree, he's good to have as a bubble popper, and he is right a bout a few things, and some things he's just not well suited to talk on.... like most humans who are outside their expertise. What got me is that he seems to genuinely care about helping people and if one listens to what he is actually saying he is describing the world as it is working right now and how to navigate that. Not how it ought to be working as so many others like to fixate on, which is good, but might not help some people navigate life right now.