Re:Yahoo’s Brain Drain Shows a Loss of Faith Inside the Company
by jaggederest on Monday January 11, 2016 @05:38AM
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The problem is that you're assuming productivity is based on individual merit in these companies.
They're so large that essentially nothing about your personal output has any real effect on your individual productivity. It's equal parts politicking, luck, and self-promotion that garners you kudos, not actually getting anything done.
In a dysfunctional organization, like I daresay yahoo is at this point, you don't lose anything by firing people who are unable to contribute due to organizational problems.
As an example, when I worked at AT&T, individual and project success was decided essentially based on the whim of management.
I don't think we went 3 months with the same remit, organization, management structure or goals.
In that kind of situation, much like I perceive Yahoo to be, there's really no point in attempting to achieve productive work since the targets change before you can actually do anything. It's pathologically better to focus on shifting blame and self-aggrandizement, so that when things inevitably fail you can dump it on a scapegoat. There's a reason I don't work there any more.
They're so large that essentially nothing about your personal output has any real effect on your individual productivity. It's equal parts politicking, luck, and self-promotion that garners you kudos, not actually getting anything done.
In a dysfunctional organization, like I daresay yahoo is at this point, you don't lose anything by firing people who are unable to contribute due to organizational problems.
As an example, when I worked at AT&T, individual and project success was decided essentially based on the whim of management.
I don't think we went 3 months with the same remit, organization, management structure or goals.
In that kind of situation, much like I perceive Yahoo to be, there's really no point in attempting to achieve productive work since the targets change before you can actually do anything. It's pathologically better to focus on shifting blame and self-aggrandizement, so that when things inevitably fail you can dump it on a scapegoat. There's a reason I don't work there any more.