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It kind of sounds like it from the description:
... you were not always present at the workplace when
you worked remotely.Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's pretty cynical to view the person who is helping others get unstuck as "currying favor". In every place I've worked, the person who has helped me get unstuck has always been one of the most productive and talented members of the team. If they weren't, why would I need their help?
Not what I'm saying. I'm saying there are plenty of terrible engineers coasting and this will catch them. Edit: I've been top of regular productivity charts AND the unanimous answer to "who do you go to to get unstuck?" at at least one company you've heard of. Management regularly promoted the suck ups. Read something like Blind and you'll know how prevalent this is.
I thought your flip side was an alternative perspective on those who help others get unstuck, not on those caught by the HR performance metrics filter.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not what I'm saying. I'm saying there are plenty of terrible engineers coasting and this will catch them. Edit: I've been top of regular productivity charts AND the unanimous answer to "who do you go to to get unstuck?" at at least one company you've heard of. Management regularly promoted the suck ups. Read something like Blind and you'll know how prevalent this is.
Well I take your point and trust that you are productive and well respected by your peers. I guess you mentioning that the flip side of the false negatives is the true negatives (people with low performance metrics who haven't been fired yet due to kissing up) is a correct response. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I thought your flip side was an alternative perspective on those who help others get unstuck, not on tho…
Y.T.'s mom pulls up the new memo, checks the time, and starts reading it. The estimated reading time is 15.62 minutes. Later, when Marietta does her end-of-day statistical roundup, sitting in her private office at 9:00 P.M., she will see the name of each employee and next to it, the amount of time spent reading this memo... Y.T.'s mom decides to spend between fourteen and fifteen minutes reading the memo. It's better…
This, and the futures of Daemon and Freedom(TM) absolutely terrify me. It makes the banging sound in my brain of creating additional income streams, improving retirement, and security, louder and louder. Each and every one of us are expendable.