The German Works Council has blocked Amazon's performance reviews

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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.

20 points | by jerrryyy 9 hours ago

2 comments

  • digitalPhonix 23 minutes ago
    How do other large companies in Germany handle performance reviews/raises/bonuses?
  • shahbaby 15 minutes ago
    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.