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Great, another checklist for folks to cargo-cult their own man-made bureaucracy. Maybe that's a speciality of german-speaking government's, but I find questionn

Great, another checklist for folks to cargo-cult their own man-made bureaucracy. Maybe that's a speciality of german-speaking government's, but I find questionnaires without clear intend dehumanizing and time-wasting. > How hard is it for employees to get promoted? > How hard is it for them to get fired? What do you plan to take away from these questions? Would be more useful to atleast provide your good intentions on what you are looking for when asking.

pdpi 4y ago
If I were to invest in a company, I'd want to know if you're going to have a problem retaining talent (either due to firing people for no good reason or for failing to give them career progression), and I'd also want to know if you're going to waste money on payroll (either carrying dead weight that should've been fired, or splurging on inflated titles).
0xbadcafebee 4y ago
With respect, if you don't understand the questions, they're probably not for you. In this case, those two questions tell someone a bunch of things: whether bad employees might stick around for a long time, whether good employees might want to leave for somewhere with better career prospects, whether there is good process in place to manage and accelerate employee career growth, whether management is doing their jobs right, whether there are wrong incentives or motivators (for example promotions tied to performance alone which incentivizes accomplishing empty goals that promote politically-savvy employees and leave the company hollow). Famously toxic companies have processes designed to use fear and politics to keep employees so worried about their jobs that they can barely do them, much less contribute to the improvement of the company. Those companies can still survive and give good returns, but they have to trade on market power, and on a personal note they're often unethical.
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pdpi 4y ago

If I were to invest in a company, I'd want to know if you're going to have a problem retaining talent (either due to firing people for no good reason or for failing to give them career progression), and I'd also want to know if you're going to waste money on payroll (either carrying dead weight that should've been fired, or splurging on inflated titles).

0xbadcafebee 4y ago

With respect, if you don't understand the questions, they're probably not for you. In this case, those two questions tell someone a bunch of things: whether bad employees might stick around for a long time, whether good employees might want to leave for somewhere with better career prospects, whether there is good process in place to manage and accelerate employee career growth, whether management is doing their jobs right, whether there are wrong incentives or motivators (for example promotions tied to performance alone which incentivizes accomplishing empty goals that promote politically-savvy employees and leave the company hollow). Famously toxic companies have processes designed to use fear and politics to keep employees so worried about their jobs that they can barely do them, much less contribute to the improvement of the company. Those companies can still survive and give good returns, but they have to trade on market power, and on a personal note they're often unethical.

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