People can read their manager's mind (2015)

> People generally don't do what they're told, but what they expect to be rewarded for. This key assumption behind the whole article is actually a terrible mentality to take for true and self-evident, as the author has -- at least within the scope of one's relationship with a manager. The people that most of us have been impressed by in our careers, and in our life, are often very hard to characterize this way. They aren't going around fitting…

> Corollary 1. Who can, and sometimes does, un-rot the fish from the bottom? An insane employee. Someone who finds the forks, crashes, etc. a personal offense, and will repeatedly risk annoying management by fighting to stop these things. Especially someone who spends their own political capital, Myself, I recognise myself here. And I'm trying my best to find my sanity. Anyone got any stories of themselves or others being insane? How did it pan out?

My company has metrics and goals but rewards a limited pool of annual bonuses based on all managers getting together and calibrating contributors on gut feel. Rewards have literally been based on an outside managers opinion that "my perception is your Apple doesn't really do work worthy of a bonus increase this year, but my Orange does" we've lost a lot of good people over the years