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The Human Resources military-industrial complex

The instrument (the “telescreen”, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely. Index: Click ᐅ to expand: HR

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ˈlɔɪəlti ˈdɪskaʊnt (n.)
The great falsification of the human resourses dogma.

For the strictures of salary bands, forced ranking, gerrymandered performance appraisal system — all the great apocrypha of the HR canon — mean that through time a given employee’s compensation will decouple from whatever value she offers the firm, however meagre.^[1]

Over time, those who remain loyal to the firm are penalised. The only way to correct this — to mark yourself to market — is to join a competitor.

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↑ As we have remarked elsewhere,we take it is more or less axiomatic that all employees contribute some positive value to their organisation. Except for those ones who manage to remain on the payroll despite extended leaves of absence.

[1] As we have remarked elsewhere,we take it is more or less axiomatic that all employees contribute some positive value to their organisation. Except for those ones who manage to remain on the payroll despite extended leaves of absence.

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