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I'm not certain about that, but I do think companies believe this is a simple way to kill two birds with one stone: 1. Trim headcount. 2. Keep the most "loyal
by whoisthemachine 4y ago
I'm not certain about that, but I do think companies believe this is a simple way to kill two birds with one stone:
1. Trim headcount.
2. Keep the most "loyal" employees (or those who need the job the most and will say yes to anything, which is a double-sided sword).
- hgsgm 4y ago3. Separate the wheat from the chaff. The chaff come to the office.
- x86x87 4y agohaha. Because loyal == high performing. That is how it works. There is absolutely no way that high performing employees that can get a job by crossing the street will ever think about jumping ship because of the shitty manner they are treated.
- Someone1234 4y agoThese companies have no accurate way of measuring performance anyway.
- VBprogrammer 4y agoI don't know of you are making a judgement there but I think it's important to point out that there is practically no useful way of measuring performance in our industry; it's not a company problem. Some of the most useful employees I've met probably produced less than the most junior developer in tangible assets.
- tkiolp4 4y agoIt’s not about being mathematically perfect about performance. In any given team, area, organization one can easily point out who are the good ones.
- whoisthemachine 4y agoThey may not be after high performing right now, they may just want the ones who won't or can't cross the street.
- whoisthemachine 4y agoNot to mention, most of these companies keep on saying there will be exceptions for exceptional employees in a clear attempt to still keep the high performing employees they like.
- tkiolp4 4y agoProblem is loyal != performant. The most valuable engineers want it all, so they will probably leave because they can.