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A PM who's been given a metric goal and has their performance staked on hitting goal with nothing to counter-balance their push to hit that goal. I recall a pr
by 3D30497420 4y ago
A PM who's been given a metric goal and has their performance staked on hitting goal with nothing to counter-balance their push to hit that goal.
I recall a presentation someone gave awhile back which said something like, "Give a PM a goal that their job depends on and they will burn the company down to hit it."
I was a PM at a FAANG in a former life, so I can understand the pressure. Thankfully, I never did anything like this, partly because my team had a strong focus on customer experience but also because I cared less about the financial/promotion incentives.
- samspenc 4y agoSounds about right. From what I've heard, Meta is laser-focused on metrics compared to other tech companies and FAANGs, and entire promotion cycles are based around how much you "moved the needle" so to speak along some metrics. This "increase revenue through in-call ads" seems like low-hanging fruit for any PM or engineer who wanted to get promoted quickly.