Toxic positivity does more harm than good

Re:Toxic positivity does more harm than good by rglullis on Saturday January 16, 2021 @03:09PM (#25805049)

> between a Patagonia shirt and a plaque

If I wanted a shirt, I'd buy a shirt. If the plaque truly reflected some effort done by the team that accomplished something big and deserved proper recognition, I get why people would prefer it. You can't buy respect.

Now, of course the cynical me will argue that the whole thing is a trick question and that no one of the alternatives are good - downright offensive actually.

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Re:Toxic positivity does more harm than good by bigwavedave on Saturday January 16, 2021 @03:57PM (#25805446)

I agree. It reminds me a bit of an episode of The Office, where the top salesman (Dwight) is explaining how he was Salesman of the Month 13 out of 12 months the previous year. In lieu of a pay rise, management had given him two plaques for the month of February.

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Re:Toxic positivity does more harm than good by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:44PM (#25806242)

I remember reading a Harvard Business Review article which was literally "How to motivate your employees to work harder without paying them more."

And it was full of this kind of nonsense - plaques, award ceremonies, teeny-tiny presents as bonuses, and so on.

Cynicism and offence are perfectly reasonable and fair reactions.

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