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I really love the concept. This is something I'd like to do myself. My biggest worry/concern is with people who would take that information and use it against

I really love the concept. This is something I'd like to do myself. My biggest worry/concern is with people who would take that information and use it against you. In particular the whole "lies and statistics" thing. For example, what if someone ran the numbers and found that across your entire company women got paid on average 10% less than men. Then tried to start a class action suit or otherwise create a huge hassle about it. Even if your procedures are entirely fair and transparent, there are a great many people, I have found, who will intentionally ignore facts that go against their preconceived notions (like the media for one example). Does this kind of thing worry you? Would you change the policy if someone did make a huge stink about it?

noelwelsh 14y ago
That kind of bullshit doesn't happen in the UK. Not to say that bullshit doesn't happen in the UK, or there isn't bullshit that is unique to the UK, but bullshit lawsuits are very very rare.
swombat 14y ago
I'm not sure how that could happen, since the entire system is transparent and entirely objective. There is no management discretion in how the system works. If you achieve objective X, you get a bonus. If you complete your monthly tasks for the month for 3 months, you get a pay raise. Ok, perhaps there is some management discretion in setting the goals, but it'd be pretty obvious to the whole company if someone is being set harder/more goals than someone else, so I think this sort of stuff would be dealt with pretty quickly. There's always a chance that someone will try and sue you for random reasons, even in the UK. This is the kind of thing I'm not going to worry about until it actually becomes a problem, though. Hopefully I will not hire the kind of person who would pull that sort of shit... interesting point though.

noelwelsh 14y ago

That kind of bullshit doesn't happen in the UK. Not to say that bullshit doesn't happen in the UK, or there isn't bullshit that is unique to the UK, but bullshit lawsuits are very very rare.

swombat 14y ago

I'm not sure how that could happen, since the entire system is transparent and entirely objective. There is no management discretion in how the system works. If you achieve objective X, you get a bonus. If you complete your monthly tasks for the month for 3 months, you get a pay raise. Ok, perhaps there is some management discretion in setting the goals, but it'd be pretty obvious to the whole company if someone is being set harder/more goals than someone else, so I think this sort of stuff would be dealt with pretty quickly. There's always a chance that someone will try and sue you for random reasons, even in the UK. This is the kind of thing I'm not going to worry about until it actually becomes a problem, though. Hopefully I will not hire the kind of person who would pull that sort of shit... interesting point though.