On 20/02/2018 10:32, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Fredxx wrote:
It doesn't sound like you have been in a merit based pay scheme.

Merit based schemes have been proven not to work.

They benefit the hard working ones who are going places irrespective of
bonuses, and disincentivise those who struggle and reduce their
performance.

So overall an expensive useless exercise.

Much the same as piece work which was once the fashion.

Seasonal farm workers are often paid piece work and not seen any article
that calls piecework as an "expensive useless exercise". Can you provide
evidence or cite an article?

Basically the idea of theorists with no real experience of working those
conditions. And certainly no true figures to prove their theories work.

Many articles exist some quote findings from studies:

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...isky-behaviour

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpo...public-sector/

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...F_Nov_2014.pdf

While there are pockets of positivity with PRP, the overall picture is
negative.