[AceyMan]

Just a brief +1 to this: I'm a fit guy who's traditionally been a fairly regular blood donor. My newest (and still current) firm has its offices a couple blocks from a permanent blood donation center, and since it's so easy to donate I started to do platelet donations, primarily since the refractory interval is much shorter than other donation types.

However, as some may know, apheresis takes considerably longer than other donation procedures (~ 2h45m), and at the time I had a PHB manager who wouldn't allow me the time to donate as often as I was able (and willing).

This really soured me on his leadership. An attitude such as you cite at Salesforce would have fostered in me a much stronger sense of symbiosis between me and the company.

So instead of "getting more work out" of me (his intent), instead he got an irritated employee who had little to no inclination to go above or beyond the minimum (wrt what he asked or expected, not in general).

I think my experience and attitude is a classic example of strict bean counting and lack of soft skills backfiring on companies (or managers) with similar methods.