Re:OKRs Aren't Going to Fix Your Communication Issues
by chii on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @08:52AM
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> If a bad employee is cruising or a great employee's work is not being recognized quarter after quarter, that's a direct managerial problem
management introduce OKRs so that they don't have to solve actual managerial problems - the OKRs _are_ their solution! That it misses a bad employee cruising, or a great employee's contribution is a footnote. After all, when the system is using an OKR to guide the actions of employees, and you go against it, it's basically career suicide.
I personally don't like OKRs or any performance metric that isn't directly tied to customers' actions (e.g., growing customer numbers, or growing revenue etc).
management introduce OKRs so that they don't have to solve actual managerial problems - the OKRs _are_ their solution! That it misses a bad employee cruising, or a great employee's contribution is a footnote. After all, when the system is using an OKR to guide the actions of employees, and you go against it, it's basically career suicide.
I personally don't like OKRs or any performance metric that isn't directly tied to customers' actions (e.g., growing customer numbers, or growing revenue etc).