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> Isn't that ... good? For whom?
by klyrs 3y ago
> Isn't that ... good?
For whom?
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoFor everyone?
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- Shared404 3y agoFWIW I've seen managers burn down stores by pushing their employees to far in chase of those numbers. Perhaps it can work situationally, but I've not seen it anywhere I or any of my friends have worked.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoManagers burning out people chasing KPIs and promotions of their own careers, isn't anything new or exclusive to Walmart. I've seen it in every tech company I've ever worked at.
- olddustytrail 3y agoThen why on earth did you suggest it was good for everyone?
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoSlipped my mind.
- golergka 3y agoIf the manager burns the store down, wouldn't his KPI plummet and he get the boot eventually?
- achenet 3y agoeventually... the delay between manager doing stupid action chasing KPI and store burning down may be large enough that the average manager is likely to burn the store down. If your goal is long-term success, those incentives might be misaligned.
- klyrs 3y agoWhat do you mean by "everyone?" Do you include the floor workers who are paid so little that they need food stamps? How are they benefitting?
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoWould they be better off if the managers were worse paid?
- klyrs 3y agoI can't help but notice that you shifted the goalpost subtly from "better for everyone" to "not worse for everyone" there. If the pie was shared more fairly, then yes they would be better off and I daresay that their incentives would be better aligned with getting those numbers up. And yes, that would mean managers not pulling down millions.