Google Engineering Management Mistakes
Wow, this is one of the coolest things HN has found in awhile.<p>It's remarkable how, time and time again, formal incentive compensation schemes are shown to cause more harm than benefit. I started paying attention when Joel Spolsky called it out 6-7 years ago, and then read Peopleware (an excellent book) which reiterates the point (and calls it "teamicide"), and then read the Harvard Business Review article ("Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work").<p>Why would a company as smart as Google forge ahead with schemes like this in the face of all available evidence that it's a bad idea?