I'd generally agree with your take, but I think it is a bit more nuanced. I'd say wether gamification is a benefit in the context of enterprise software heavily

I'd generally agree with your take, but I think it is a bit more nuanced. I'd say wether gamification is a benefit in the context of enterprise software heavily depends on the kind of software. Are you trying to gamify core job responsibilities for employees? Stay away from gamification and try to build an application that works well with a polished user experience. If it is ones job to work with that application, having a well working application is usually joyful enough and gamification would usually just add unnecessary friction/distractions to an otherwise polished user experience. But I think gamification can be a net benefit if the software is trying to create a net benefit outside of core job responsibilities. I think gamifying something like energy saving, waste management, e learning, etc. could have a net benefit. Although there are definitely people working in that field, substantial improvements in that area usually require contributions from anyone.