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Re:Sacked Google worker awarded €110,000 for unfair dismissal by UweSchmidt on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @03:40PM (#7774719)
More fundamentally, what led to such a system in the first place?

"People are fundamentally lazy and we need to do X to make them work"

vs.

"People are fundamentally awesome and will work hard if we can remove obstacles and demotivators."

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Re:Sacked Google worker awarded €110,000 for unfair dismissal by xcntktn on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @03:55PM (#7774806)
You just described this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_X_and_Theory_Y

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Re:Sacked Google worker awarded €110,000 for unfair dismissal by UweSchmidt on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @04:05PM (#7774856)
Exactly, thanks!
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Re:Sacked Google worker awarded €110,000 for unfair dismissal by georgemcbay on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @05:01PM (#7775154)
Of course many middle-management types assume everyone is fundamentally intellectually lazy, just like a thief assumes everyone wants to steal his stuff.
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