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> In the case of programming... A percentage > 90% of the world isn't programmers... There simply isn't the same workflow to monitor "word" / "pdf" documents

> In the case of programming... A percentage > 90% of the world isn't programmers... There simply isn't the same workflow to monitor "word" / "pdf" documents without an insane amount of effort / document control that most SMB's dont have. The only option available to them, without hiring programmers, is often only the metrics that get offered built into these types of products. I dont think that's a strawman argument.

BlargMcLarg 3y ago
Pretty sure the burden is on you to prove it is not just a method, but also the only method. Most trivial things can be measured outside time. Many jobs measured on time, we already know why they are measured on time (low activity, presence-based jobs). Anything else, measuring based on behavior/time spent is management being lazy and not doing what they should be doing: comparing inputs and outputs, and measuring the impact of changes to them to improve productivity. If a manager can't do something that basic, they shouldn't be looking for more bad proxies to hound people with. They should be doing the company a favor and quit.
qwytw 3y ago
They could still monitor actual output? Instead of the number of words in a word document (I mean software companies which rank their employees according to the number of closed tickets aren't the best places to be at either...)