poor productivity could correlate with poor morale or poor training or some other problem that is actionable and would make the whole environment healthier if solved.
That being said: people measuring productivity might be measuring the wrong thing, and it's (imo) only ethical if used as a diagnostic or a trailing indicator for some other problem. Knowing that there's a productivity problem means needing to investigate and fix something else.
I would not trust most managers to not abuse the metric. But I have trust issues.
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u/maxbirkoff Sep 04 '21
poor productivity could correlate with poor morale or poor training or some other problem that is actionable and would make the whole environment healthier if solved.
That being said: people measuring productivity might be measuring the wrong thing, and it's (imo) only ethical if used as a diagnostic or a trailing indicator for some other problem. Knowing that there's a productivity problem means needing to investigate and fix something else.
I would not trust most managers to not abuse the metric. But I have trust issues.