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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by Shared404 on Monday January 29, 2024 @06:20PM (#39184138)
FWIW I've seen managers burn down stores by pushing their employees to far in chase of those numbers.

Perhaps it can work situationally, but I've not seen it anywhere I or any of my friends have worked.

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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by FirmwareBurner on Monday January 29, 2024 @07:04PM (#39184540)
Managers burning out people chasing KPIs and promotions of their own careers, isn't anything new or exclusive to Walmart. I've seen it in every tech company I've ever worked at.
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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by olddustytrail on Monday January 29, 2024 @07:17PM (#39184654)
Then why on earth did you suggest it was good for everyone?
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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by FirmwareBurner on Monday January 29, 2024 @07:27PM (#39184743)
Slipped my mind.
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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by golergka on Monday January 29, 2024 @09:05PM (#39185548)
If the manager burns the store down, wouldn't his KPI plummet and he get the boot eventually?
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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by achenet on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @04:07AM (#39187900)
eventually... the delay between manager doing stupid action chasing KPI and store burning down may be large enough that the average manager is likely to burn the store down.

If your goal is long-term success, those incentives might be misaligned.

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