I think the losses you’re thinking of are more than made up by the gains coming from the employees being afraid they can be fired at any moment.

I think employees being afraid they can be fired at any moment also creates a loss of productivity.

hnlmorg 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It’s really disappointing to read someone describing that kind of toxic working environment as a “gain”.

	▲	close04 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Of course I was talking from the point of view of the employer. I come from a completely different work culture and expectations.
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- Make employees scared to point out flaws.

- Make employees less engaged in the success of the company.

- Encurrage employees to hide or mask issues.

- Encurrage employees to pretend to be more productive than they are.

- Make employees mentally and physically less healthy.

- Make employees shy away from taking on more responsibility or tasks.

- Make employees less happy to train up new hires in their work.

Yes. Gains. All those gains. I can only see gains here.

	▲	close04 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> I can only see gains here. All of your points are correct. But so many companies/employers keep abusing this power that I have to assume they see some value. Some of the things you mentioned are even short term gains for some companies. For some of Boeing’s execs, employees hiding flaws was a win until it wasn’t and it became someone else’s problem.
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