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by sodomizer 4854 days ago
She's doing this to get away from "me-first" culture, which is common to all dying firms, and to get people toward a "goal-first" outlook instead.

The problem with this attempt is that it's one rule trying to stand in for many. The first thing you have to do is make sure that no one is rewarded unjustly, and that no achievement goes unrewarded. The next thing is to get rid of the free riders, hangers-on, bad management, sociopaths and other office blight.

The final step, and she'll hate this, is some kind of ownership. Employees are people who do what you tell them to do. Part owners look for something they can do to contribute to collective wealth through the future of the company.

Sounds Communist? Not to my ears, and I'm pretty far from ever supporting dead ideologies. It's just common sense. People need to feel like they're part of a team, and that's how we signal that in our society, through ownership.

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>The problem with this attempt is that it's one rule trying to stand in for many.

Where did you read that this policy is the only thing that she has done?