[JohnMakin]

> I’ve seen cases where folks completely checked out and were contributing nearly nothing, making no commits, writing no code, and faking it at standups. Simple metrics can help surface cases like this.

Of course we've all seen varying degrees of this - but these kind of people can only exist because of terrible management. Throwing metrics at the problem just introduces a more insidious version of this individual, one that knows how to game whatever metrics are used (managers especially will do this). I've been on teams where such an individual could thrive for years, even with promotions, and on teams where such an individual would be outed within a week.

[AgentOrange1234]

In one of those cases I was the bad manager. The data was a wakeup call that made me understand the magnitude of the problem.

In another case, I knew the manager well, having been on his team before. He was effective, empathetic, and inspirational. He was also overworked and perhaps a bit naively assumed good intent from everyone. The data let me explain to him that the coworker was not contributing and he had a real problem.