For a lot of people, psychological safety is paramount over even money, especially in the United States where your employment is tightly tied to healthcare, ins

For a lot of people, psychological safety is paramount over even money, especially in the United States where your employment is tightly tied to healthcare, insurance, etc. Secondly, more often than not, doing "well" or doing "poorly" can be highly subjective and politically motivated. Also, underneath it all we're human. A great performer for years may fall off the wagon for a few quarters due to various life circumstances like death of a loved one, divorce, health, etc. Is the solution to this is to just throw them to the curb the minute they aren't performing to their previous level? If so, then I expect to be paid until the Benjamin's are pouring out of my eyeballs. You get what you pay for.