In my experience, yes, since much like school the team gets the team's grade if you're trying to ship a product; there can be room for individual merits if the

In my experience, yes, since much like school the team gets the team's grade if you're trying to ship a product; there can be room for individual merits if the company has bonuses or a separate reward structure, but my experience is that expecting everyone on a team to pull their weight equally is a fool's errand (even if it's for something quite reasonable like a family emergency, or other "good reason") In school it never bothered me having freeloaders get the same grade for my work, so long as they stay out of my way and don't "help." There's a very famous mechanic's poster: "repair: $5, if you watch: $20, if you help: $1000"