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This is good. We're finally pulling back on the "HRBP-sponsored" people-management hype train thats rolled through much of SV startups and FAANG over the last
by ugh123 4y ago
This is good.
We're finally pulling back on the "HRBP-sponsored" people-management hype train thats rolled through much of SV startups and FAANG over the last 5-10 years:
"Focus on your people, give them the support and mentorship they need to grow. Also 1-on-1s every week." - and all that bullshit.
- lelanthran 4y ago> "Focus on your people, give them the support and mentorship they need to grow. Also 1-on-1s every week." - and all that bullshit. Taking the cynical view, that BS is there for a reason. It makes it easier to performance manage people out very very quickly. The optimistic view is that that BS enables people to never let their productivity drop below a certain level. The extreme cynical view is to wonder why you are being performance-reviewed every 3 months but salary-reviewed every 12.
- ugh123 4y agoWell said! I think my experience with this was combined with a cover-your-ass HR team that was very hesitant about putting anyone on performance review (PIP, etc) without loads of documentation and 2nd/3rd chances. It seemed like we, as managers, were expected to turn a low performing IC into something magical with an indefinite timeline where we should have just pulled the plug after 6 months and moved on.