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The German Works Council has blocked Amazon's performance reviews

29 points jerrryyy | 2 comments | 14 Jul 25 15:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.448s | source

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Managers are no longer allowed to rate their direct reports based in Germany, and it appears this is a permanent decision. Let’s see if Seattle weighs in.

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shahbaby ◴[15 Jul 25 00:46 UTC] No.44566822[source]▶
Mad respect to the Germans for taking a stand on this.

The entire idea of measuring worker performance is not only dehumanizing but is particularly flawed when it comes to knowledge work.

It's like trying to determine the faster car by racing through rush hour traffic. Or ignoring the fact that each car is on a different incline.

Knowing the right people and being in the right place at the right time can often make or break one's career.

Yet we are to incorporate these factors that are for the most part not in our control as a measurement of our own "performance". The unlucky get insult added to injury. The lucky get a dose of ego or fear (depending on their level of self-awareness).

It seems like corporate gaslighting to me.

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1. Nicholas_C ◴[15 Jul 25 03:10 UTC] No.44567527[source]▶
Counterpoint: some people are just better at their jobs than others
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2. slightwinder ◴[15 Jul 25 13:11 UTC] No.44570769[source]▶
Counterpoint: some people are simply faking their results, selling them better than they are, or scarify necessary parts which will bite the company months or years later.

This makes it hard to impossible to get reliable, or even fair results. Especially when the review is subjective and is lacking an objective metric as a base.