http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/09/09/when-pay-for-performance-goes-bad/ Know More HR. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:52:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/09/09/when-pay-for-performance-goes-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-3880 Frank Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:24:22 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=971#comment-3880 I worked at a place like that too. We had bonuses for machine cycles. Guess what? Dry cycles were as good as product cycles...nutso. We got rid of that metric in a hurry. I worked at a place like that too. We had bonuses for machine cycles. Guess what? Dry cycles were as good as product cycles…nutso. We got rid of that metric in a hurry.

]]> http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/09/09/when-pay-for-performance-goes-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-3879 Ron Ulrici Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:50:17 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=971#comment-3879 Frank, I worked for a company that had quarterly bonuses with payouts measured on results against goals set. In the last week of the quarter, production almost came to a halt because everyone was rushing around trying to complete their goals. I know that the boss didn't intend for this to happen! Frank, I worked for a company that had quarterly bonuses with payouts measured on results against goals set. In the last week of the quarter, production almost came to a halt because everyone was rushing around trying to complete their goals. I know that the boss didn't intend for this to happen!

]]> http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/09/09/when-pay-for-performance-goes-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-3871 Frank Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:24:22 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=971#comment-3871 I worked at a place like that too. We had bonuses for machine cycles. Guess what? Dry cycles were as good as product cycles...nutso. We got rid of that metric in a hurry. I worked at a place like that too. We had bonuses for machine cycles. Guess what? Dry cycles were as good as product cycles…nutso. We got rid of that metric in a hurry.

]]> http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/09/09/when-pay-for-performance-goes-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-3870 Ron Ulrici Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:50:17 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=971#comment-3870 Frank, I worked for a company that had quarterly bonuses with payouts measured on results against goals set. In the last week of the quarter, production almost came to a halt because everyone was rushing around trying to complete their goals. I know that the boss didn't intend for this to happen! Frank, I worked for a company that had quarterly bonuses with payouts measured on results against goals set. In the last week of the quarter, production almost came to a halt because everyone was rushing around trying to complete their goals. I know that the boss didn't intend for this to happen!

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