[Zaphods]

Yeah but a metric is a metric is a metric. That there are more metrics in one area than another is arbitrary.

You could just as easily say: all right LOC is the only thing that matters, we're not paying you to be right, we're paying you to write code so do it. And the warehouse could have thousands of metrics to measure the intricacies of working in a warehouse. Following that your argument easily applies to programmers as well. They deserve to be treated like crap.

That you view working in a warehouse as so simple,and that you talk about "deserving" so much reveals a lot. You're using metrics as an abstraction to hide behind so you can really say they "deserve" to be treated this way because they work in a warehouse.

But, really, whether someone deserves some treatment or not because of the job they work should be irrelevant.