Hey y'all :)
There‘s a new scandal regarding Yahoo: Apparently, managers were obliged to rank employees on a bell curve and afterwards fire those at the low end. This was „in“ during the 1980s, but nowadays only about 5% of high-performing companies use a forced ranking system.
A bit of pressure can motivate people, however being judged all the time can be bad for your motivation.
What do you think about this method of judging and comparing employees to each other? Do you think this approach is motivating or shouldn‘t you try to rationalize people‘s performance like this?
I would like to hear your opinion!
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-12/yahoos-latest-hr-disaster-ranking-workers-on-a-curve
A very interesting article, Verena!
AntwortenLöschenIn my opinion, a little bit of competition among the employees is crucial in order to keep them motivated and innovative, but nevertheless the consequences shouldn´t be too bad. Getting fired would be the worst consequence, I guess.
However, I guess it is very motivating for the workforce if there is always a bit of competition going on within the company, especially when the best ones are getting rewards or incentives. On the other hand, not all people can handle such stress and the risk of getting a burnout might rise.
I think a little bit of competition between the employees is healty in order to keep the job exciting, but still there has to be set a limit to prevent burnouts and too much stress.
Thank you verena for posting, thank you tanja for your answer - i totally agree with you!
AntwortenLöschenA little bit of competition is indeed healthy for employees as they always try to give their best thus they show good results and performance. However, it should not be forgotten that too much pressure results in diseases like burnout which is a much disputed topic in nowadays society.
Moreover, i think that this delicate issue also depends on the type of business: this year an intern of Germany worked himself to death during his work at the bank of america in london. In this case we cannot talk about "healthy competition" anymore....but it is sad that in some businesses the competition is so high that people risk their own health - that's not the way it should be.