Never said anything along the lines of &quot;humans are resources.&quot;<p>In fact, I specifically addressed the case of an &quot;A player&quot; having a dip in productivity, and essentially said there is nothing wrong with that.  They manage their time and their output accordingly to strike an appropriate work&#x2F;life balance to take care of what needs to be done outside of work, and also manage against burnout when they&#x27;ve been pushing too hard for too long. And the fact that they manage this effectively on their own and can get back into things is part of what distinguishes an &quot;A player&quot; from a &quot;B&#x2F;C player.&quot;<p>The A&#x2F;B&#x2F;C boxing is just a shorthand for categorizing overall performance of people on a team.  But if you think it is an inappropriate way to classify individuals, I&#x27;d love to learn how you approach it, and how much management experience you have with that approach.