Comment by BoxOfRain
20 hours ago
Surely no data is better than bad data? What's the point of a metric that doesn't measure anything tied to the objective reality of what it is that you're measuring?
All I see tools like this doing is getting people to manipulate the metrics, while at the same time producing enormous amounts of worker alienation. I'd even speculate the demoralising effects of workplace surveillance schemes undermine the alleged productivity benefits.
You are essentially saying there’s only bad data and efforts like those in this post are always bad. Ask yourself why you would hold this position regarding this topic but likely not for anything else. Hint: it has to do with that saying, it’s hard to see something when your job depends on you not seeing it.
I see more of people using data and bad metrics to justify whatever they want to push rather than genuinely trying to improve conditions.
I don't have any data to prove this :)