Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem (2007)
> Finally, we (or basically I) have not done a good enough job of high rewards for high performance.<p>15 years later, this is still a widespread problem everywhere. People don't capture the full value of their labor (which makes a sort of sense, given imperfect information and how risk is allocated), which leads to people not being incentivized to increase the value of their labor.<p>We've all heard stories about people being extra efficient and getting rewarded with raised expectations and maybe a paltry raise. If people were really incentivized to do their best work, I imagine we'd get a better world.