Regarding Management / HR. - lisarobertson33
Regarding Management / HR. My husband and I recently took our 10-year-old Mazda in for a routine seasonal tune-up, and while waiting, I noticed something unsettling: a board displayed in a glass office, reminiscent of a grade-school classroom. It featured a row of smiley and sad faces next to each employee's name. Curious, I asked someone (who I won’t name to protect their privacy) what it was. They explained it was a performance marking system—employees earned a smiley face for a perfect performance score and a sad face for anything less than a 10.
Wait, what? You need to be perfect just to "pass"?
This type of system is not only archaic and demeaning but also counterproductive. As someone with experience in such environments, I can confidently say it fosters fear, perfectionism, and resentment rather than genuine improvement or motivation. People make mistakes—it’s human. An effective workplace should provide specific, supportive feedback in an environment where employees feel safe to learn and grow.
This juvenile "report card" system doesn’t reflect the true quality of service or the professionalism of the staff. Instead, it reduces their performance to a simplistic score, which ultimately benefits no one—not the employees, not the management, and certainly not the customers.
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