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> 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,
by 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.