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The most horrible article I have read at NY Times so far. Pushing workers to work harder and faster by motivating them with punishment is not about productivity
by raldu 12y ago
The most horrible article I have read at NY Times so far.
Pushing workers to work harder and faster by motivating them with punishment is not about productivity at all. Alienating workers, saying that they "wanted" punishment and backing up all these "business" rhetoric with science is just sick.
I wonder what "state of mind" the author was in when producing this article. Did he also hired the Ivy League College he is working in to help with his "self-control" issues?
And providing workers with a "wellness program" just because it "reduces health costs" was the most chilling part.
We are all human beings, not quantities or rats in a maze.
- cJ0th 12y ago> Pushing workers to work harder and faster by motivating them with punishment is not about productivity at all. I don't like this idea either. Unfortunately, this kind of "motivation" is state of the art in many jobs. It kind of reminds me of Brandson's "take as much holiday as you like". That sounds positive at first but also motivates people to not take holidays at all because of the fear of being less productive than their co-workers.
- musername 12y agoit's state of the art in society. that is, because someone long ago discovered it working and society isn't pushed to try out better means, because the bad effects aren't overall noticably punishing enough for the pusher, ironically, and because negative feedback is a cheap basic part of the constant learning process. It's pretty productive, because it's focused on the product.